Finland - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Finland was 303,920 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 304,590 in 2005 and a minimum value of 303,890 in 2011.

Definition: Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

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

See also:

Year Value
1961 304,590
1962 304,590
1963 304,590
1964 304,590
1965 304,590
1966 304,590
1967 304,590
1968 304,590
1969 304,590
1970 304,590
1971 304,590
1972 304,590
1973 304,590
1974 304,590
1975 304,590
1976 304,590
1977 304,590
1978 304,590
1979 304,590
1980 304,590
1981 304,590
1982 304,590
1983 304,590
1984 304,590
1985 304,590
1986 304,590
1987 304,590
1988 304,590
1989 304,590
1990 304,590
1991 304,590
1992 304,590
1993 304,590
1994 304,590
1995 304,590
1996 304,590
1997 304,590
1998 304,590
1999 304,590
2000 304,590
2001 304,590
2002 304,590
2003 304,590
2004 304,590
2005 304,590
2006 304,110
2007 304,090
2008 303,900
2009 303,900
2010 303,900
2011 303,890
2012 303,890
2013 303,890
2014 303,890
2015 303,910
2016 303,910
2017 303,920
2018 303,920
2019 303,920
2020 303,920
2021 303,920

Development Relevance: Land 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, land 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 does not include 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