Malta - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Malta was 320.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 320.00 in 2018 and a minimum value of 320.00 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 320.00
1962 320.00
1963 320.00
1964 320.00
1965 320.00
1966 320.00
1967 320.00
1968 320.00
1969 320.00
1970 320.00
1971 320.00
1972 320.00
1973 320.00
1974 320.00
1975 320.00
1976 320.00
1977 320.00
1978 320.00
1979 320.00
1980 320.00
1981 320.00
1982 320.00
1983 320.00
1984 320.00
1985 320.00
1986 320.00
1987 320.00
1988 320.00
1989 320.00
1990 320.00
1991 320.00
1992 320.00
1993 320.00
1994 320.00
1995 320.00
1996 320.00
1997 320.00
1998 320.00
1999 320.00
2000 320.00
2001 320.00
2002 320.00
2003 320.00
2004 320.00
2005 320.00
2006 320.00
2007 320.00
2008 320.00
2009 320.00
2010 320.00
2011 320.00
2012 320.00
2013 320.00
2014 320.00
2015 320.00
2016 320.00
2017 320.00
2018 320.00

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