Pacific island small states - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Pacific island small states was 64,200 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 64,200 in 2021 and a minimum value of 62,860 in 1961.

Definition: Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 62,860
1962 62,860
1963 62,860
1964 62,860
1965 62,860
1966 62,860
1967 62,860
1968 62,860
1969 62,860
1970 62,860
1971 62,860
1972 62,860
1973 62,860
1974 62,860
1975 62,860
1976 62,860
1977 62,860
1978 62,860
1979 62,860
1980 62,860
1981 62,860
1982 62,860
1983 62,860
1984 62,860
1985 62,860
1986 62,860
1987 62,860
1988 62,860
1989 62,860
1990 62,860
1991 64,200
1992 64,200
1993 64,200
1994 64,200
1995 64,200
1996 64,200
1997 64,200
1998 64,200
1999 64,200
2000 64,200
2001 64,200
2002 64,200
2003 64,200
2004 64,200
2005 64,200
2006 64,200
2007 64,200
2008 64,200
2009 64,200
2010 64,200
2011 64,200
2012 64,200
2013 64,200
2014 64,200
2015 64,200
2016 64,200
2017 64,200
2018 64,200
2019 64,200
2020 64,200
2021 64,200

Development Relevance: Land 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, land 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 does not include 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