Kuwait - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Kuwait was 17,820 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,820 in 2018 and a minimum value of 17,820 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 17,820
1962 17,820
1963 17,820
1964 17,820
1965 17,820
1966 17,820
1967 17,820
1968 17,820
1969 17,820
1970 17,820
1971 17,820
1972 17,820
1973 17,820
1974 17,820
1975 17,820
1976 17,820
1977 17,820
1978 17,820
1979 17,820
1980 17,820
1981 17,820
1982 17,820
1983 17,820
1984 17,820
1985 17,820
1986 17,820
1987 17,820
1988 17,820
1989 17,820
1990 17,820
1991 17,820
1992 17,820
1993 17,820
1994 17,820
1995 17,820
1996 17,820
1997 17,820
1998 17,820
1999 17,820
2000 17,820
2001 17,820
2002 17,820
2003 17,820
2004 17,820
2005 17,820
2006 17,820
2007 17,820
2008 17,820
2009 17,820
2010 17,820
2011 17,820
2012 17,820
2013 17,820
2014 17,820
2015 17,820
2016 17,820
2017 17,820
2018 17,820

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