Guinea - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Guinea was 245,860 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 245,860 in 2018 and a minimum value of 245,860 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 245,860
1962 245,860
1963 245,860
1964 245,860
1965 245,860
1966 245,860
1967 245,860
1968 245,860
1969 245,860
1970 245,860
1971 245,860
1972 245,860
1973 245,860
1974 245,860
1975 245,860
1976 245,860
1977 245,860
1978 245,860
1979 245,860
1980 245,860
1981 245,860
1982 245,860
1983 245,860
1984 245,860
1985 245,860
1986 245,860
1987 245,860
1988 245,860
1989 245,860
1990 245,860
1991 245,860
1992 245,860
1993 245,860
1994 245,860
1995 245,860
1996 245,860
1997 245,860
1998 245,860
1999 245,860
2000 245,860
2001 245,860
2002 245,860
2003 245,860
2004 245,860
2005 245,860
2006 245,860
2007 245,860
2008 245,860
2009 245,860
2010 245,860
2011 245,860
2012 245,860
2013 245,860
2014 245,860
2015 245,860
2016 245,860
2017 245,860
2018 245,860

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