
Use of this measurement unit is most common in architecture and real estate.

Countries where the usage of square foot is most common include India, the US, the UK, Bangladesh, Canada, Ghana, Hong Kong, Liberia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Singapore.

Square foot has several abbreviations, including sq.ft., sf and ft2, while the term square feet is used to denote plural.Īcross geographies, square foot, an imperial unit used to measure area, is used to map the area at the time of property purchases. Defined as the area of a square with sides of 1 foot, a square foot is a non-metric unit commonly used across the world to measure property, mainly apartments and flats.
