Tajikistan - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Tajikistan was 141,380 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 142,550 in 2013 and a minimum value of 141,376 in 2014.

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 142,550
1962 142,550
1963 142,550
1964 142,550
1965 142,550
1966 142,550
1967 142,550
1968 142,550
1969 142,550
1970 142,550
1971 142,550
1972 142,550
1973 142,550
1974 142,550
1975 142,550
1976 142,550
1977 142,550
1978 142,550
1979 142,550
1980 142,550
1981 142,550
1982 142,550
1983 142,550
1984 142,550
1985 142,550
1986 142,550
1987 142,550
1988 142,550
1989 142,550
1990 142,550
1991 142,550
1992 142,550
1993 142,550
1994 142,550
1995 142,550
1996 142,550
1997 142,550
1998 142,550
1999 142,550
2000 142,550
2001 142,550
2002 142,550
2003 142,550
2004 142,550
2005 142,550
2006 142,550
2007 142,550
2008 142,550
2009 142,550
2010 142,550
2011 142,550
2012 142,550
2013 142,550
2014 141,376
2015 141,380
2016 141,380
2017 141,380
2018 141,380

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