Samoa - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Samoa was 2,840 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,840 in 2018 and a minimum value of 2,840 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 2,840
1962 2,840
1963 2,840
1964 2,840
1965 2,840
1966 2,840
1967 2,840
1968 2,840
1969 2,840
1970 2,840
1971 2,840
1972 2,840
1973 2,840
1974 2,840
1975 2,840
1976 2,840
1977 2,840
1978 2,840
1979 2,840
1980 2,840
1981 2,840
1982 2,840
1983 2,840
1984 2,840
1985 2,840
1986 2,840
1987 2,840
1988 2,840
1989 2,840
1990 2,840
1991 2,840
1992 2,840
1993 2,840
1994 2,840
1995 2,840
1996 2,840
1997 2,840
1998 2,840
1999 2,840
2000 2,840
2001 2,840
2002 2,840
2003 2,840
2004 2,840
2005 2,840
2006 2,840
2007 2,840
2008 2,840
2009 2,840
2010 2,840
2011 2,840
2012 2,840
2013 2,840
2014 2,840
2015 2,840
2016 2,840
2017 2,840
2018 2,840

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