In the year 1995 and onward there will be no data for this element, data relating to forest area can be obtained from the FAO Forest Resources Division. Data on total area exclude the portion of land under the White Sea and the Azov Sea. Data on total area exclude the portion of land under the Azov Sea. Data on arable land and land under permanent crops and on permanent meadows and pastures refer to the land being used by agricul tural undertakings and farms, i.e. excluding State land reserves and areas belonging to nonagricultural undertakings. These include areas equipped for full and partial control irrigation, spate irrigation areas, and equipped wetland or inland valley bottoms.
Data refer to State sector only.
Data for Anguilla are included with those of Saint Kitts and Nevis. As a result of the present situation in Cyprus, data refer to the government controlled area only, except for total area and Population where data refer to all Cyprus. Starting in 1993, Eritrea and Ethiopia, formerly Ethiopia PDR, are shown separately. However, they are not included in the continental totals. Data for Sikkim are included under India.