Sint Maarten (Dutch part) - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) was 34.00 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34.00 in 2021 and a minimum value of 34.00 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 34.00
1962 34.00
1963 34.00
1964 34.00
1965 34.00
1966 34.00
1967 34.00
1968 34.00
1969 34.00
1970 34.00
1971 34.00
1972 34.00
1973 34.00
1974 34.00
1975 34.00
1976 34.00
1977 34.00
1978 34.00
1979 34.00
1980 34.00
1981 34.00
1982 34.00
1983 34.00
1984 34.00
1985 34.00
1986 34.00
1987 34.00
1988 34.00
1989 34.00
1990 34.00
1991 34.00
1992 34.00
1993 34.00
1994 34.00
1995 34.00
1996 34.00
1997 34.00
1998 34.00
1999 34.00
2000 34.00
2001 34.00
2002 34.00
2003 34.00
2004 34.00
2005 34.00
2006 34.00
2007 34.00
2008 34.00
2009 34.00
2010 34.00
2011 34.00
2012 34.00
2013 34.00
2014 34.00
2015 34.00
2016 34.00
2017 34.00
2018 34.00
2019 34.00
2020 34.00
2021 34.00

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