Russia - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Russia was 17,098,250 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,098,250 in 2018 and a minimum value of 17,098,240 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 17,098,240
1962 17,098,240
1963 17,098,240
1964 17,098,240
1965 17,098,240
1966 17,098,240
1967 17,098,240
1968 17,098,240
1969 17,098,240
1970 17,098,240
1971 17,098,240
1972 17,098,240
1973 17,098,240
1974 17,098,240
1975 17,098,240
1976 17,098,240
1977 17,098,240
1978 17,098,240
1979 17,098,240
1980 17,098,240
1981 17,098,240
1982 17,098,240
1983 17,098,240
1984 17,098,240
1985 17,098,240
1986 17,098,240
1987 17,098,240
1988 17,098,240
1989 17,098,240
1990 17,098,240
1991 17,098,240
1992 17,098,240
1993 17,098,240
1994 17,098,240
1995 17,098,240
1996 17,098,240
1997 17,098,240
1998 17,098,240
1999 17,098,240
2000 17,098,240
2001 17,098,240
2002 17,098,240
2003 17,098,240
2004 17,098,240
2005 17,098,240
2006 17,098,240
2007 17,098,240
2008 17,098,240
2009 17,098,240
2010 17,098,250
2011 17,098,250
2012 17,098,250
2013 17,098,250
2014 17,098,250
2015 17,098,250
2016 17,098,250
2017 17,098,250
2018 17,098,250

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