Colombia - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Colombia was 1,141,750 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,141,750 in 2018 and a minimum value of 1,141,748 in 2012.

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 1,141,750
1962 1,141,750
1963 1,141,750
1964 1,141,750
1965 1,141,750
1966 1,141,750
1967 1,141,750
1968 1,141,750
1969 1,141,750
1970 1,141,750
1971 1,141,750
1972 1,141,750
1973 1,141,750
1974 1,141,750
1975 1,141,750
1976 1,141,750
1977 1,141,750
1978 1,141,750
1979 1,141,750
1980 1,141,750
1981 1,141,750
1982 1,141,750
1983 1,141,750
1984 1,141,750
1985 1,141,750
1986 1,141,750
1987 1,141,750
1988 1,141,750
1989 1,141,750
1990 1,141,750
1991 1,141,750
1992 1,141,750
1993 1,141,750
1994 1,141,750
1995 1,141,750
1996 1,141,750
1997 1,141,750
1998 1,141,750
1999 1,141,750
2000 1,141,750
2001 1,141,750
2002 1,141,750
2003 1,141,750
2004 1,141,750
2005 1,141,750
2006 1,141,750
2007 1,141,750
2008 1,141,750
2009 1,141,750
2010 1,141,750
2011 1,141,750
2012 1,141,748
2013 1,141,749
2014 1,141,749
2015 1,141,749
2016 1,141,749
2017 1,141,749
2018 1,141,750

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