Guatemala - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Guatemala was 108,890 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 108,890 in 2018 and a minimum value of 108,890 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 108,890
1962 108,890
1963 108,890
1964 108,890
1965 108,890
1966 108,890
1967 108,890
1968 108,890
1969 108,890
1970 108,890
1971 108,890
1972 108,890
1973 108,890
1974 108,890
1975 108,890
1976 108,890
1977 108,890
1978 108,890
1979 108,890
1980 108,890
1981 108,890
1982 108,890
1983 108,890
1984 108,890
1985 108,890
1986 108,890
1987 108,890
1988 108,890
1989 108,890
1990 108,890
1991 108,890
1992 108,890
1993 108,890
1994 108,890
1995 108,890
1996 108,890
1997 108,890
1998 108,890
1999 108,890
2000 108,890
2001 108,890
2002 108,890
2003 108,890
2004 108,890
2005 108,890
2006 108,890
2007 108,890
2008 108,890
2009 108,890
2010 108,890
2011 108,890
2012 108,890
2013 108,890
2014 108,890
2015 108,890
2016 108,890
2017 108,890
2018 108,890

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