Hungary - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Hungary was 91,260 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 91,260 in 2021 and a minimum value of 89,610 in 2005.

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 90,040
1962 90,020
1963 90,030
1964 90,030
1965 90,020
1966 90,010
1967 90,000
1968 89,990
1969 89,990
1970 89,980
1971 89,970
1972 89,970
1973 89,970
1974 89,970
1975 89,970
1976 89,950
1977 89,960
1978 89,970
1979 89,920
1980 89,910
1981 89,900
1982 89,890
1983 89,880
1984 89,880
1985 89,880
1986 89,880
1987 89,880
1988 89,870
1989 89,870
1990 89,870
1991 89,870
1992 89,870
1993 89,860
1994 89,860
1995 89,860
1996 89,860
1997 89,800
1998 89,800
1999 89,800
2000 89,620
2001 89,620
2002 89,620
2003 89,620
2004 89,620
2005 89,610
2006 89,610
2007 89,610
2008 89,610
2009 90,530
2010 90,530
2011 90,530
2012 90,530
2013 90,530
2014 91,260
2015 91,260
2016 91,260
2017 91,260
2018 91,260
2019 91,260
2020 91,260
2021 91,260

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