Ireland - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Ireland was 68,890 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 68,890 in 2021 and a minimum value of 68,890 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 68,890
1962 68,890
1963 68,890
1964 68,890
1965 68,890
1966 68,890
1967 68,890
1968 68,890
1969 68,890
1970 68,890
1971 68,890
1972 68,890
1973 68,890
1974 68,890
1975 68,890
1976 68,890
1977 68,890
1978 68,890
1979 68,890
1980 68,890
1981 68,890
1982 68,890
1983 68,890
1984 68,890
1985 68,890
1986 68,890
1987 68,890
1988 68,890
1989 68,890
1990 68,890
1991 68,890
1992 68,890
1993 68,890
1994 68,890
1995 68,890
1996 68,890
1997 68,890
1998 68,890
1999 68,890
2000 68,890
2001 68,890
2002 68,890
2003 68,890
2004 68,890
2005 68,890
2006 68,890
2007 68,890
2008 68,890
2009 68,890
2010 68,890
2011 68,890
2012 68,890
2013 68,890
2014 68,890
2015 68,890
2016 68,890
2017 68,890
2018 68,890
2019 68,890
2020 68,890
2021 68,890

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