Seychelles - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Seychelles was 460.00 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 460.00 in 2018 and a minimum value of 460.00 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 460.00
1962 460.00
1963 460.00
1964 460.00
1965 460.00
1966 460.00
1967 460.00
1968 460.00
1969 460.00
1970 460.00
1971 460.00
1972 460.00
1973 460.00
1974 460.00
1975 460.00
1976 460.00
1977 460.00
1978 460.00
1979 460.00
1980 460.00
1981 460.00
1982 460.00
1983 460.00
1984 460.00
1985 460.00
1986 460.00
1987 460.00
1988 460.00
1989 460.00
1990 460.00
1991 460.00
1992 460.00
1993 460.00
1994 460.00
1995 460.00
1996 460.00
1997 460.00
1998 460.00
1999 460.00
2000 460.00
2001 460.00
2002 460.00
2003 460.00
2004 460.00
2005 460.00
2006 460.00
2007 460.00
2008 460.00
2009 460.00
2010 460.00
2011 460.00
2012 460.00
2013 460.00
2014 460.00
2015 460.00
2016 460.00
2017 460.00
2018 460.00

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