Chile - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Chile was 756,700 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 756,700 in 2018 and a minimum value of 756,096 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 756,096
1962 756,096
1963 756,096
1964 756,096
1965 756,096
1966 756,096
1967 756,096
1968 756,096
1969 756,096
1970 756,096
1971 756,096
1972 756,096
1973 756,096
1974 756,096
1975 756,096
1976 756,096
1977 756,096
1978 756,096
1979 756,096
1980 756,096
1981 756,096
1982 756,096
1983 756,096
1984 756,096
1985 756,096
1986 756,096
1987 756,096
1988 756,096
1989 756,096
1990 756,096
1991 756,096
1992 756,096
1993 756,096
1994 756,096
1995 756,096
1996 756,096
1997 756,096
1998 756,096
1999 756,096
2000 756,096
2001 756,096
2002 756,096
2003 756,096
2004 756,096
2005 756,096
2006 756,096
2007 756,096
2008 756,096
2009 756,096
2010 756,096
2011 756,096
2012 756,096
2013 756,096
2014 756,096
2015 756,096
2016 756,700
2017 756,700
2018 756,700

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