Greenland - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Greenland was 410,450 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 410,450 in 2018 and a minimum value of 341,700 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 341,700
1962 341,700
1963 341,700
1964 341,700
1965 341,700
1966 341,700
1967 341,700
1968 341,700
1969 341,700
1970 341,700
1971 341,700
1972 341,700
1973 341,700
1974 341,700
1975 341,700
1976 341,700
1977 341,700
1978 341,700
1979 341,700
1980 341,700
1981 341,700
1982 341,700
1983 341,700
1984 341,700
1985 341,700
1986 341,700
1987 341,700
1988 341,700
1989 341,700
1990 341,700
1991 341,700
1992 341,700
1993 341,700
1994 341,700
1995 341,700
1996 341,700
1997 410,450
1998 410,450
1999 410,450
2000 410,450
2001 410,450
2002 410,450
2003 410,450
2004 410,450
2005 410,450
2006 410,450
2007 410,450
2008 410,450
2009 410,450
2010 410,450
2011 410,450
2012 410,450
2013 410,450
2014 410,450
2015 410,450
2016 410,450
2017 410,450
2018 410,450

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