Norway - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Norway was 625,222 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 625,222 in 2014 and a minimum value of 385,178 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 385,178
1962 385,178
1963 385,178
1964 385,178
1965 385,178
1966 385,178
1967 385,178
1968 385,178
1969 385,178
1970 385,178
1971 385,178
1972 385,178
1973 385,178
1974 385,178
1975 385,178
1976 385,178
1977 385,178
1978 385,178
1979 385,178
1980 385,178
1981 385,178
1982 385,178
1983 385,178
1984 385,178
1985 385,178
1986 385,178
1987 385,178
1988 385,178
1989 385,178
1990 385,178
1991 385,178
1992 385,178
1993 385,178
1994 385,178
1995 385,178
1996 385,178
1997 385,178
1998 385,178
1999 385,178
2000 385,178
2001 385,178
2002 385,178
2003 385,178
2004 385,178
2005 385,178
2006 385,178
2007 385,178
2008 385,178
2009 385,178
2010 385,178
2011 385,178
2012 385,178
2013 625,217
2014 625,222
2015 625,185
2016 625,194
2017 625,217
2018 625,222

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