Kyrgyz Republic - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Kyrgyz Republic was 199,950 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 199,950 in 2018 and a minimum value of 199,949 in 2009.

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 199,950
1962 199,950
1963 199,950
1964 199,950
1965 199,950
1966 199,950
1967 199,950
1968 199,950
1969 199,950
1970 199,950
1971 199,950
1972 199,950
1973 199,950
1974 199,950
1975 199,950
1976 199,950
1977 199,950
1978 199,950
1979 199,950
1980 199,950
1981 199,950
1982 199,950
1983 199,950
1984 199,950
1985 199,950
1986 199,950
1987 199,950
1988 199,950
1989 199,950
1990 199,950
1991 199,950
1992 199,950
1993 199,950
1994 199,950
1995 199,950
1996 199,950
1997 199,950
1998 199,950
1999 199,950
2000 199,950
2001 199,950
2002 199,950
2003 199,950
2004 199,950
2005 199,950
2006 199,950
2007 199,950
2008 199,950
2009 199,949
2010 199,949
2011 199,949
2012 199,949
2013 199,949
2014 199,949
2015 199,949
2016 199,950
2017 199,950
2018 199,950

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