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

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Pacific island small states was 65,150 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65,150 in 2018 and a minimum value of 63,810 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 63,810
1962 63,810
1963 63,810
1964 63,810
1965 63,810
1966 63,810
1967 63,810
1968 63,810
1969 63,810
1970 63,810
1971 63,810
1972 63,810
1973 63,810
1974 63,810
1975 63,810
1976 63,810
1977 63,810
1978 63,810
1979 63,810
1980 63,810
1981 63,810
1982 63,810
1983 63,810
1984 63,810
1985 63,810
1986 63,810
1987 63,810
1988 63,810
1989 63,810
1990 63,810
1991 65,150
1992 65,150
1993 65,150
1994 65,150
1995 65,150
1996 65,150
1997 65,150
1998 65,150
1999 65,150
2000 65,150
2001 65,150
2002 65,150
2003 65,150
2004 65,150
2005 65,150
2006 65,150
2007 65,150
2008 65,150
2009 65,150
2010 65,150
2011 65,150
2012 65,150
2013 65,150
2014 65,150
2015 65,150
2016 65,150
2017 65,150
2018 65,150

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