Isle of Man - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Isle of Man was 570.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 570.00 in 2018 and a minimum value of 570.00 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 570.00
1962 570.00
1963 570.00
1964 570.00
1965 570.00
1966 570.00
1967 570.00
1968 570.00
1969 570.00
1970 570.00
1971 570.00
1972 570.00
1973 570.00
1974 570.00
1975 570.00
1976 570.00
1977 570.00
1978 570.00
1979 570.00
1980 570.00
1981 570.00
1982 570.00
1983 570.00
1984 570.00
1985 570.00
1986 570.00
1987 570.00
1988 570.00
1989 570.00
1990 570.00
1991 570.00
1992 570.00
1993 570.00
1994 570.00
1995 570.00
1996 570.00
1997 570.00
1998 570.00
1999 570.00
2000 570.00
2001 570.00
2002 570.00
2003 570.00
2004 570.00
2005 570.00
2006 570.00
2007 570.00
2008 570.00
2009 570.00
2010 570.00
2011 570.00
2012 570.00
2013 570.00
2014 570.00
2015 570.00
2016 570.00
2017 570.00
2018 570.00

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