Dem. People's Rep. Korea - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 120,410 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 120,410 in 2021 and a minimum value of 120,410 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 120,410
1962 120,410
1963 120,410
1964 120,410
1965 120,410
1966 120,410
1967 120,410
1968 120,410
1969 120,410
1970 120,410
1971 120,410
1972 120,410
1973 120,410
1974 120,410
1975 120,410
1976 120,410
1977 120,410
1978 120,410
1979 120,410
1980 120,410
1981 120,410
1982 120,410
1983 120,410
1984 120,410
1985 120,410
1986 120,410
1987 120,410
1988 120,410
1989 120,410
1990 120,410
1991 120,410
1992 120,410
1993 120,410
1994 120,410
1995 120,410
1996 120,410
1997 120,410
1998 120,410
1999 120,410
2000 120,410
2001 120,410
2002 120,410
2003 120,410
2004 120,410
2005 120,410
2006 120,410
2007 120,410
2008 120,410
2009 120,410
2010 120,410
2011 120,410
2012 120,410
2013 120,410
2014 120,410
2015 120,410
2016 120,410
2017 120,410
2018 120,410
2019 120,410
2020 120,410
2021 120,410

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