Korea - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Korea was 100,370 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 100,370 in 2018 and a minimum value of 99,260 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 99,260
1962 99,260
1963 99,260
1964 99,260
1965 99,260
1966 99,260
1967 99,260
1968 99,260
1969 99,260
1970 99,260
1971 99,260
1972 99,260
1973 99,260
1974 99,260
1975 99,260
1976 99,260
1977 99,260
1978 99,260
1979 99,260
1980 99,260
1981 99,260
1982 99,260
1983 99,260
1984 99,260
1985 99,260
1986 99,260
1987 99,260
1988 99,260
1989 99,260
1990 99,260
1991 99,260
1992 99,260
1993 99,260
1994 99,260
1995 99,260
1996 99,260
1997 99,260
1998 99,260
1999 99,260
2000 99,260
2001 99,540
2002 99,590
2003 99,600
2004 99,620
2005 99,650
2006 99,680
2007 99,720
2008 99,830
2009 99,900
2010 100,030
2011 100,030
2012 100,150
2013 100,266
2014 100,280
2015 100,295
2016 100,339
2017 100,360
2018 100,370

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