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Land area — Euro area

Land area in the Euro area in 2023 — 2,836,266 km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 12.9%.

2023 2.84M km² +0% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 2.84M km²2000
Period minimum 2.51M km²1983

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Land area — Euro area, 1961–20232.5M2.6M2.7M2.8M2.9M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 2,512,320 km²1963: 2,512,320 km²1965: 2,512,320 km²1967: 2,512,320 km²1969: 2,512,320 km²1971: 2,512,320 km²1973: 2,512,320 km²1975: 2,512,170 km²1977: 2,512,080 km²1979: 2,512,080 km²1981: 2,512,000 km²1983: 2,511,970 km²1985: 2,511,980 km²1987: 2,511,980 km²1989: 2,511,980 km²1991: 2,511,980 km²1993: 2,803,417 km²1995: 2,803,397 km²1997: 2,803,417 km²1999: 2,803,277 km²2001: 2,836,794 km²2003: 2,835,596 km²2005: 2,835,256 km²2007: 2,834,656 km²2009: 2,833,987 km²2011: 2,835,134 km²2013: 2,836,845 km²2015: 2,836,248 km²2017: 2,835,919 km²2019: 2,836,108 km²2021: 2,836,278 km²2023: 2,836,266 km²
Change over the period: +323,946 (+12.89%) Average annual rate: 0.2 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Euro area

Euro area 2.84M km²
World 130M km²
Land area — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 2.84M +60 +0%
2022 2.84M −73 −0%
2021 2.84M +174 +0.01%
2020 2.84M −4 −0%
2019 2.84M −23 −0%
2018 2.84M +213 +0.01%
2017 2.84M −722 −0.03%
2016 2.84M +392 +0.01%
2015 2.84M −584 −0.02%
2014 2.84M −13 −0%
2013 2.84M +1,401 +0.05%
2012 2.84M +310 +0.01%
2011 2.84M −164 −0.01%
2010 2.84M +1,311 +0.05%
2009 2.83M −130 −0%
2008 2.83M −539 −0.02%
2007 2.83M +40 +0%
2006 2.83M −640 −0.02%
2005 2.84M −250 −0.01%
2004 2.84M −90 −0%
2003 2.84M +152 +0.01%
2002 2.84M −1,350 −0.05%
2001 2.84M −530 −0.02%
2000 2.84M +34,047 +1.21%
1999 2.8M −40 −0%
1998 2.8M −100 −0%
1997 2.8M −40 −0%
1996 2.8M +60 +0%
1995 2.8M −10 −0%
1994 2.8M −10 −0%
1993 2.8M +48,090 +1.75%
1992 2.76M +243,347 +9.69%
1991 2.51M +0 +0%
1990 2.51M +0 +0%
1989 2.51M +0 +0%
1988 2.51M +0 +0%
1987 2.51M +0 +0%
1986 2.51M +0 +0%
1985 2.51M +0 +0%
1984 2.51M +10 +0%
1983 2.51M −30 −0%
1982 2.51M +0 +0%
1981 2.51M −10 −0%
1980 2.51M −70 −0%
1979 2.51M +10 +0%
1978 2.51M −10 −0%
1977 2.51M −30 −0%
1976 2.51M −60 −0%
1975 2.51M −120 −0%
1974 2.51M −30 −0%
1973 2.51M +0 +0%
1972 2.51M +0 +0%
1971 2.51M +0 +0%
1970 2.51M +0 +0%
1969 2.51M +0 +0%
1968 2.51M +0 +0%
1967 2.51M +0 +0%
1966 2.51M +0 +0%
1965 2.51M +0 +0%
1964 2.51M +0 +0%
1963 2.51M +0 +0%
1962 2.51M +0 +0%
1961 2.51M — —

About the indicator

Land area: the entire territory of a country excluding inland water bodies, major rivers and coastal waters. This is the figure the World Bank uses to calculate the shares of forest, agricultural and arable land, so it is needed not only in itself but also as a denominator. It differs from surface area by the area of inland waters — for most countries the gap stays within a percent, but for Canada, Finland or Kazakhstan it is noticeable.

Important: Not to be confused with surface area, which includes inland waters. The indicator changes only when borders change, so the series is nearly constant.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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