The Gambia - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in The Gambia was 11,300 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,300 in 2018 and a minimum value of 11,300 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 11,300
1962 11,300
1963 11,300
1964 11,300
1965 11,300
1966 11,300
1967 11,300
1968 11,300
1969 11,300
1970 11,300
1971 11,300
1972 11,300
1973 11,300
1974 11,300
1975 11,300
1976 11,300
1977 11,300
1978 11,300
1979 11,300
1980 11,300
1981 11,300
1982 11,300
1983 11,300
1984 11,300
1985 11,300
1986 11,300
1987 11,300
1988 11,300
1989 11,300
1990 11,300
1991 11,300
1992 11,300
1993 11,300
1994 11,300
1995 11,300
1996 11,300
1997 11,300
1998 11,300
1999 11,300
2000 11,300
2001 11,300
2002 11,300
2003 11,300
2004 11,300
2005 11,300
2006 11,300
2007 11,300
2008 11,300
2009 11,300
2010 11,300
2011 11,300
2012 11,300
2013 11,300
2014 11,300
2015 11,300
2016 11,300
2017 11,300
2018 11,300

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