Thailand - Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in Thailand was 510,890 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 510,890 in 2021 and a minimum value of 510,890 in 1961.

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 510,890
1962 510,890
1963 510,890
1964 510,890
1965 510,890
1966 510,890
1967 510,890
1968 510,890
1969 510,890
1970 510,890
1971 510,890
1972 510,890
1973 510,890
1974 510,890
1975 510,890
1976 510,890
1977 510,890
1978 510,890
1979 510,890
1980 510,890
1981 510,890
1982 510,890
1983 510,890
1984 510,890
1985 510,890
1986 510,890
1987 510,890
1988 510,890
1989 510,890
1990 510,890
1991 510,890
1992 510,890
1993 510,890
1994 510,890
1995 510,890
1996 510,890
1997 510,890
1998 510,890
1999 510,890
2000 510,890
2001 510,890
2002 510,890
2003 510,890
2004 510,890
2005 510,890
2006 510,890
2007 510,890
2008 510,890
2009 510,890
2010 510,890
2011 510,890
2012 510,890
2013 510,890
2014 510,890
2015 510,890
2016 510,890
2017 510,890
2018 510,890
2019 510,890
2020 510,890
2021 510,890

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