Paraguay - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Paraguay was 397,300 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 397,300 in 2021 and a minimum value of 397,300 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 397,300
1962 397,300
1963 397,300
1964 397,300
1965 397,300
1966 397,300
1967 397,300
1968 397,300
1969 397,300
1970 397,300
1971 397,300
1972 397,300
1973 397,300
1974 397,300
1975 397,300
1976 397,300
1977 397,300
1978 397,300
1979 397,300
1980 397,300
1981 397,300
1982 397,300
1983 397,300
1984 397,300
1985 397,300
1986 397,300
1987 397,300
1988 397,300
1989 397,300
1990 397,300
1991 397,300
1992 397,300
1993 397,300
1994 397,300
1995 397,300
1996 397,300
1997 397,300
1998 397,300
1999 397,300
2000 397,300
2001 397,300
2002 397,300
2003 397,300
2004 397,300
2005 397,300
2006 397,300
2007 397,300
2008 397,300
2009 397,300
2010 397,300
2011 397,300
2012 397,300
2013 397,300
2014 397,300
2015 397,300
2016 397,300
2017 397,300
2018 397,300
2019 397,300
2020 397,300
2021 397,300

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