Argentina - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Argentina was 2,780,400 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,780,400 in 2018 and a minimum value of 2,780,400 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 2,780,400
1962 2,780,400
1963 2,780,400
1964 2,780,400
1965 2,780,400
1966 2,780,400
1967 2,780,400
1968 2,780,400
1969 2,780,400
1970 2,780,400
1971 2,780,400
1972 2,780,400
1973 2,780,400
1974 2,780,400
1975 2,780,400
1976 2,780,400
1977 2,780,400
1978 2,780,400
1979 2,780,400
1980 2,780,400
1981 2,780,400
1982 2,780,400
1983 2,780,400
1984 2,780,400
1985 2,780,400
1986 2,780,400
1987 2,780,400
1988 2,780,400
1989 2,780,400
1990 2,780,400
1991 2,780,400
1992 2,780,400
1993 2,780,400
1994 2,780,400
1995 2,780,400
1996 2,780,400
1997 2,780,400
1998 2,780,400
1999 2,780,400
2000 2,780,400
2001 2,780,400
2002 2,780,400
2003 2,780,400
2004 2,780,400
2005 2,780,400
2006 2,780,400
2007 2,780,400
2008 2,780,400
2009 2,780,400
2010 2,780,400
2011 2,780,400
2012 2,780,400
2013 2,780,400
2014 2,780,400
2015 2,780,400
2016 2,780,400
2017 2,780,400
2018 2,780,400

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