Argentina | Surface area (sq. km)

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways. 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. Including areas of former states; for example, the areas of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are counted in Russian Federationand other successor states.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Argentine Republic
Records
63
Source
Argentina | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 2780400
1962 2780400
1963 2780400
1964 2780400
1965 2780400
1966 2780400
1967 2780400
1968 2780400
1969 2780400
1970 2780400
1971 2780400
1972 2780400
1973 2780400
1974 2780400
1975 2780400
1976 2780400
1977 2780400
1978 2780400
1979 2780400
1980 2780400
1981 2780400
1982 2780400
1983 2780400
1984 2780400
1985 2780400
1986 2780400
1987 2780400
1988 2780400
1989 2780400
1990 2780400
1991 2780400
1992 2780400
1993 2780400
1994 2780400
1995 2780400
1996 2780400
1997 2780400
1998 2780400
1999 2780400
2000 2780400
2001 2780400
2002 2780400
2003 2780400
2004 2780400
2005 2780400
2006 2780400
2007 2780400
2008 2780400
2009 2780400
2010 2780400
2011 2780400
2012 2780400
2013 2780400
2014 2780400
2015 2780400
2016 2780400
2017 2780400
2018 2780400
2019 2780400
2020 2780400
2021 2780400
2022

Argentina | Surface area (sq. km)

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways. 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. Including areas of former states; for example, the areas of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) are counted in Russian Federationand other successor states.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Argentine Republic
Records
63
Source