Philippines - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Philippines was 298,170 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 298,260 in 1972 and a minimum value of 298,170 in 1975.

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 298,260
1962 298,260
1963 298,260
1964 298,260
1965 298,260
1966 298,260
1967 298,260
1968 298,260
1969 298,260
1970 298,260
1971 298,260
1972 298,260
1973 298,230
1974 298,190
1975 298,170
1976 298,170
1977 298,170
1978 298,170
1979 298,170
1980 298,170
1981 298,170
1982 298,170
1983 298,170
1984 298,170
1985 298,170
1986 298,170
1987 298,170
1988 298,170
1989 298,170
1990 298,170
1991 298,170
1992 298,170
1993 298,170
1994 298,170
1995 298,170
1996 298,170
1997 298,170
1998 298,170
1999 298,170
2000 298,170
2001 298,170
2002 298,170
2003 298,170
2004 298,170
2005 298,170
2006 298,170
2007 298,170
2008 298,170
2009 298,170
2010 298,170
2011 298,170
2012 298,170
2013 298,170
2014 298,170
2015 298,170
2016 298,170
2017 298,170
2018 298,170
2019 298,170
2020 298,170
2021 298,170

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