Mexico | 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
United Mexican States
Records
63
Source
Mexico | Surface area (sq. km)
1960
1961 1964380
1962 1964380
1963 1964380
1964 1964380
1965 1964380
1966 1964380
1967 1964380
1968 1964380
1969 1964380
1970 1964380
1971 1964380
1972 1964380
1973 1964380
1974 1964380
1975 1964380
1976 1964380
1977 1964380
1978 1964380
1979 1964380
1980 1964380
1981 1964380
1982 1964380
1983 1964380
1984 1964380
1985 1964380
1986 1964380
1987 1964380
1988 1964380
1989 1964380
1990 1964380
1991 1964380
1992 1964380
1993 1964380
1994 1964380
1995 1964380
1996 1964380
1997 1964380
1998 1964380
1999 1964380
2000 1964380
2001 1964380
2002 1964380
2003 1964380
2004 1964380
2005 1964380
2006 1964380
2007 1964380
2008 1964380
2009 1964380
2010 1964380
2011 1964380
2012 1964380
2013 1964380
2014 1964375
2015 1964375
2016 1964375
2017 1964375
2018 1964375
2019 1964375
2020 1964375
2021 1964375
2022

Mexico | 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
United Mexican States
Records
63
Source