Peru - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Peru was 1,280,000 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,280,000 in 2021 and a minimum value of 1,280,000 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 1,280,000
1962 1,280,000
1963 1,280,000
1964 1,280,000
1965 1,280,000
1966 1,280,000
1967 1,280,000
1968 1,280,000
1969 1,280,000
1970 1,280,000
1971 1,280,000
1972 1,280,000
1973 1,280,000
1974 1,280,000
1975 1,280,000
1976 1,280,000
1977 1,280,000
1978 1,280,000
1979 1,280,000
1980 1,280,000
1981 1,280,000
1982 1,280,000
1983 1,280,000
1984 1,280,000
1985 1,280,000
1986 1,280,000
1987 1,280,000
1988 1,280,000
1989 1,280,000
1990 1,280,000
1991 1,280,000
1992 1,280,000
1993 1,280,000
1994 1,280,000
1995 1,280,000
1996 1,280,000
1997 1,280,000
1998 1,280,000
1999 1,280,000
2000 1,280,000
2001 1,280,000
2002 1,280,000
2003 1,280,000
2004 1,280,000
2005 1,280,000
2006 1,280,000
2007 1,280,000
2008 1,280,000
2009 1,280,000
2010 1,280,000
2011 1,280,000
2012 1,280,000
2013 1,280,000
2014 1,280,000
2015 1,280,000
2016 1,280,000
2017 1,280,000
2018 1,280,000
2019 1,280,000
2020 1,280,000
2021 1,280,000

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