Greece - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Greece was 128,900 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 128,900 in 2021 and a minimum value of 128,900 in 1961.

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.

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Year Value
1961 128,900
1962 128,900
1963 128,900
1964 128,900
1965 128,900
1966 128,900
1967 128,900
1968 128,900
1969 128,900
1970 128,900
1971 128,900
1972 128,900
1973 128,900
1974 128,900
1975 128,900
1976 128,900
1977 128,900
1978 128,900
1979 128,900
1980 128,900
1981 128,900
1982 128,900
1983 128,900
1984 128,900
1985 128,900
1986 128,900
1987 128,900
1988 128,900
1989 128,900
1990 128,900
1991 128,900
1992 128,900
1993 128,900
1994 128,900
1995 128,900
1996 128,900
1997 128,900
1998 128,900
1999 128,900
2000 128,900
2001 128,900
2002 128,900
2003 128,900
2004 128,900
2005 128,900
2006 128,900
2007 128,900
2008 128,900
2009 128,900
2010 128,900
2011 128,900
2012 128,900
2013 128,900
2014 128,900
2015 128,900
2016 128,900
2017 128,900
2018 128,900
2019 128,900
2020 128,900
2021 128,900

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