New Zealand - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in New Zealand was 267,710 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 267,710 in 2018 and a minimum value of 267,710 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 267,710
1962 267,710
1963 267,710
1964 267,710
1965 267,710
1966 267,710
1967 267,710
1968 267,710
1969 267,710
1970 267,710
1971 267,710
1972 267,710
1973 267,710
1974 267,710
1975 267,710
1976 267,710
1977 267,710
1978 267,710
1979 267,710
1980 267,710
1981 267,710
1982 267,710
1983 267,710
1984 267,710
1985 267,710
1986 267,710
1987 267,710
1988 267,710
1989 267,710
1990 267,710
1991 267,710
1992 267,710
1993 267,710
1994 267,710
1995 267,710
1996 267,710
1997 267,710
1998 267,710
1999 267,710
2000 267,710
2001 267,710
2002 267,710
2003 267,710
2004 267,710
2005 267,710
2006 267,710
2007 267,710
2008 267,710
2009 267,710
2010 267,710
2011 267,710
2012 267,710
2013 267,710
2014 267,710
2015 267,710
2016 267,710
2017 267,710
2018 267,710

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