Morocco - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Morocco was 446,550 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 446,550 in 2018 and a minimum value of 446,550 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 446,550
1962 446,550
1963 446,550
1964 446,550
1965 446,550
1966 446,550
1967 446,550
1968 446,550
1969 446,550
1970 446,550
1971 446,550
1972 446,550
1973 446,550
1974 446,550
1975 446,550
1976 446,550
1977 446,550
1978 446,550
1979 446,550
1980 446,550
1981 446,550
1982 446,550
1983 446,550
1984 446,550
1985 446,550
1986 446,550
1987 446,550
1988 446,550
1989 446,550
1990 446,550
1991 446,550
1992 446,550
1993 446,550
1994 446,550
1995 446,550
1996 446,550
1997 446,550
1998 446,550
1999 446,550
2000 446,550
2001 446,550
2002 446,550
2003 446,550
2004 446,550
2005 446,550
2006 446,550
2007 446,550
2008 446,550
2009 446,550
2010 446,550
2011 446,550
2012 446,550
2013 446,550
2014 446,550
2015 446,550
2016 446,550
2017 446,550
2018 446,550

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