Finland - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Finland was 338,450 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 338,450 in 2018 and a minimum value of 338,150 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 338,150
1962 338,150
1963 338,150
1964 338,150
1965 338,150
1966 338,150
1967 338,150
1968 338,150
1969 338,150
1970 338,150
1971 338,150
1972 338,150
1973 338,150
1974 338,150
1975 338,150
1976 338,150
1977 338,150
1978 338,150
1979 338,150
1980 338,150
1981 338,150
1982 338,150
1983 338,150
1984 338,150
1985 338,150
1986 338,150
1987 338,150
1988 338,150
1989 338,150
1990 338,150
1991 338,150
1992 338,150
1993 338,150
1994 338,150
1995 338,150
1996 338,150
1997 338,150
1998 338,150
1999 338,150
2000 338,150
2001 338,150
2002 338,150
2003 338,150
2004 338,150
2005 338,150
2006 338,440
2007 338,420
2008 338,420
2009 338,420
2010 338,420
2011 338,420
2012 338,420
2013 338,420
2014 338,420
2015 338,446
2016 338,450
2017 338,450
2018 338,450

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