Argentina - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Argentina was 2,736,690 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,736,690 in 2021 and a minimum value of 2,736,690 in 1961.

Definition: Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 2,736,690
1962 2,736,690
1963 2,736,690
1964 2,736,690
1965 2,736,690
1966 2,736,690
1967 2,736,690
1968 2,736,690
1969 2,736,690
1970 2,736,690
1971 2,736,690
1972 2,736,690
1973 2,736,690
1974 2,736,690
1975 2,736,690
1976 2,736,690
1977 2,736,690
1978 2,736,690
1979 2,736,690
1980 2,736,690
1981 2,736,690
1982 2,736,690
1983 2,736,690
1984 2,736,690
1985 2,736,690
1986 2,736,690
1987 2,736,690
1988 2,736,690
1989 2,736,690
1990 2,736,690
1991 2,736,690
1992 2,736,690
1993 2,736,690
1994 2,736,690
1995 2,736,690
1996 2,736,690
1997 2,736,690
1998 2,736,690
1999 2,736,690
2000 2,736,690
2001 2,736,690
2002 2,736,690
2003 2,736,690
2004 2,736,690
2005 2,736,690
2006 2,736,690
2007 2,736,690
2008 2,736,690
2009 2,736,690
2010 2,736,690
2011 2,736,690
2012 2,736,690
2013 2,736,690
2014 2,736,690
2015 2,736,690
2016 2,736,690
2017 2,736,690
2018 2,736,690
2019 2,736,690
2020 2,736,690
2021 2,736,690

Development Relevance: Land 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, land 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 does not include 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