Estonia - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Estonia was 45,340 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 45,340 in 2018 and a minimum value of 45,230 in 1961.

Definition: Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 45,230
1962 45,230
1963 45,230
1964 45,230
1965 45,230
1966 45,230
1967 45,230
1968 45,230
1969 45,230
1970 45,230
1971 45,230
1972 45,230
1973 45,230
1974 45,230
1975 45,230
1976 45,230
1977 45,230
1978 45,230
1979 45,230
1980 45,230
1981 45,230
1982 45,230
1983 45,230
1984 45,230
1985 45,230
1986 45,230
1987 45,230
1988 45,230
1989 45,230
1990 45,230
1991 45,230
1992 45,230
1993 45,230
1994 45,230
1995 45,230
1996 45,230
1997 45,230
1998 45,230
1999 45,230
2000 45,230
2001 45,230
2002 45,230
2003 45,230
2004 45,230
2005 45,230
2006 45,230
2007 45,230
2008 45,230
2009 45,230
2010 45,230
2011 45,230
2012 45,230
2013 45,340
2014 45,340
2015 45,340
2016 45,340
2017 45,340
2018 45,340

Development Relevance: Total surface area is particularly important for understanding an economy's agricultural capacity and the environmental effects of human activity. Innovations in satellite mapping and computer databases have resulted in more precise measurements of land and water areas. Population, surface area, income, and output are basic measures of the size of an economy. They also provide a broad indication of actual and potential resources. Land area is therefore used as one of the major indicator to normalize other indicators.

Limitations and Exceptions: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible. The data collected from official national sources through the questionnaire are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources. The secondary sources cover official country data from websites of national ministries, national publications and related country data reported by various international organizations.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Total land area includes inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes. Variations from year to year may be due to updated or revised data rather than to change in area.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use