Puerto Rico - Surface area (sq. km)

The value for Surface area (sq. km) in Puerto Rico was 8,870 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,870 in 2018 and a minimum value of 8,870 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 8,870
1962 8,870
1963 8,870
1964 8,870
1965 8,870
1966 8,870
1967 8,870
1968 8,870
1969 8,870
1970 8,870
1971 8,870
1972 8,870
1973 8,870
1974 8,870
1975 8,870
1976 8,870
1977 8,870
1978 8,870
1979 8,870
1980 8,870
1981 8,870
1982 8,870
1983 8,870
1984 8,870
1985 8,870
1986 8,870
1987 8,870
1988 8,870
1989 8,870
1990 8,870
1991 8,870
1992 8,870
1993 8,870
1994 8,870
1995 8,870
1996 8,870
1997 8,870
1998 8,870
1999 8,870
2000 8,870
2001 8,870
2002 8,870
2003 8,870
2004 8,870
2005 8,870
2006 8,870
2007 8,870
2008 8,870
2009 8,870
2010 8,870
2011 8,870
2012 8,870
2013 8,870
2014 8,870
2015 8,870
2016 8,870
2017 8,870
2018 8,870

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