What is the highest land area (sq. km), per capita recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?

The highest recorded value was 0.078 sq. km per person in 1961.

What is the lowest land area (sq. km), per capita recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0158 sq. km per person in 2023.

How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for land area (sq. km), per capita?

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 28th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.

Is land area (sq. km), per capita rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?

Over the last ten years it is down 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan data come from?

The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Land area (sq. km), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Land area (sq. km), per capita in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Name: Land area (sq. km), per capita in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: Land area (sq. km), per capita was 0.0158 sq. km per person in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

0.0158 sq. km per person

Change on year

down 1.9%

Rank

28th

of 47 groups

All-time high

0.078 sq. km per person

in 1961

All-time low

0.0158 sq. km per person

in 2023

Years of data

1961–2023

Land area (sq. km), per capita in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 1961–2023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in sq. km per person.

Analysis

The most recent figure for land area (sq. km), per capita in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 0.0158 sq. km per person, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 16.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, land area (sq. km), per capita in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan peaked at 0.078 sq. km per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0158 sq. km per person, in 2023.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 28th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Land area (sq. km), per capita in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, year by year

Annual values for Land area (sq. km), per capita in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 1961 to 2023.
Year	sq. km per person	Change
1961	0.078 sq. km per person	—
1962	0.076 sq. km per person	-2.6%
1963	0.074 sq. km per person	-2.6%
1964	0.0721 sq. km per person	-2.7%
1965	0.0701 sq. km per person	-2.7%
1966	0.0682 sq. km per person	-2.7%
1967	0.0663 sq. km per person	-2.8%
1968	0.0645 sq. km per person	-2.8%
1969	0.0627 sq. km per person	-2.8%
1970	0.0609 sq. km per person	-2.8%
1971	0.0593 sq. km per person	-2.7%
1972	0.0576 sq. km per person	-2.7%
1973	0.056 sq. km per person	-2.8%
1974	0.0544 sq. km per person	-2.8%
1975	0.0528 sq. km per person	-2.9%
1976	0.0512 sq. km per person	-3.0%
1977	0.0497 sq. km per person	-3.0%
1978	0.0482 sq. km per person	-3.0%
1979	0.0467 sq. km per person	-3.1%
1980	0.0453 sq. km per person	-3.1%
1981	0.0439 sq. km per person	-3.1%
1982	0.0425 sq. km per person	-3.1%
1983	0.0412 sq. km per person	-3.1%
1984	0.0399 sq. km per person	-3.2%
1985	0.0386 sq. km per person	-3.1%
1986	0.0374 sq. km per person	-3.1%
1987	0.0363 sq. km per person	-3.1%
1988	0.0352 sq. km per person	-3.0%
1989	0.0341 sq. km per person	-3.0%
1990	0.033 sq. km per person	-3.3%
1991	0.0321 sq. km per person	-2.8%
1992	0.0312 sq. km per person	-2.9%
1993	0.0303 sq. km per person	-2.7%
1994	0.0295 sq. km per person	-2.6%
1995	0.0288 sq. km per person	-2.5%
1996	0.0281 sq. km per person	-2.4%
1997	0.0274 sq. km per person	-2.4%
1998	0.0268 sq. km per person	-2.4%
1999	0.0262 sq. km per person	-2.4%
2000	0.0256 sq. km per person	-2.3%
2001	0.025 sq. km per person	-2.3%
2002	0.0244 sq. km per person	-2.3%
2003	0.0239 sq. km per person	-2.3%
2004	0.0233 sq. km per person	-2.3%
2005	0.0227 sq. km per person	-2.4%
2006	0.0222 sq. km per person	-2.4%
2007	0.0217 sq. km per person	-2.4%
2008	0.0212 sq. km per person	-2.4%
2009	0.0207 sq. km per person	-2.4%
2010	0.0202 sq. km per person	-2.0%
2011	0.0198 sq. km per person	-2.2%
2012	0.0194 sq. km per person	-2.2%
2013	0.0189 sq. km per person	-2.1%
2014	0.0186 sq. km per person	-1.9%
2015	0.0182 sq. km per person	-1.9%
2016	0.0179 sq. km per person	-1.8%
2017	0.0176 sq. km per person	-1.7%
2018	0.0173 sq. km per person	-1.6%
2019	0.017 sq. km per person	-1.7%
2020	0.0167 sq. km per person	-1.8%
2021	0.0165 sq. km per person	-1.5%
2022	0.0162 sq. km per person	-1.9%
2023	0.0158 sq. km per person	-1.9%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0702 sq. km per person	0.0627 sq. km per person	0.078 sq. km per person	9
1970s	0.0537 sq. km per person	0.0467 sq. km per person	0.0609 sq. km per person	10
1980s	0.0394 sq. km per person	0.0341 sq. km per person	0.0453 sq. km per person	10
1990s	0.0293 sq. km per person	0.0262 sq. km per person	0.033 sq. km per person	10
2000s	0.0231 sq. km per person	0.0207 sq. km per person	0.0256 sq. km per person	10
2010s	0.0185 sq. km per person	0.017 sq. km per person	0.0202 sq. km per person	10
2020s	0.0163 sq. km per person	0.0158 sq. km per person	0.0167 sq. km per person	4

Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

25 Belize 0.0555 sq. km per person compare
26 Congo 0.0552 sq. km per person compare
27 South Sudan 0.055 sq. km per person compare
28 Finland 0.0544 sq. km per person compare
29 Uruguay 0.0517 sq. km per person compare
30 Algeria 0.0516 sq. km per person compare
31 Mali 0.0513 sq. km per person compare

See the full ranking of 264 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 347.82 billion current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.8% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Rural population 364.70 million (2025)
Rural population growth 1.2% (2025)
Rural population 44.0% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 420.06 current US$ per person (2025)
Rural population, annual growth rate 1.23 % change on previous year (2025)

All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan →

Frequently asked questions

What is land area (sq. km), per capita in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?: Land area (sq. km), per capita in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan was 0.0158 sq. km per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest land area (sq. km), per capita recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?: The highest recorded value was 0.078 sq. km per person in 1961.
What is the lowest land area (sq. km), per capita recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0158 sq. km per person in 2023.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for land area (sq. km), per capita?: Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 28th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
Is land area (sq. km), per capita rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?: Over the last ten years it is down 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Land area (sq. km), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Land area (sq. km), per capita in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 03 October 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/land-area-sq-km-per-capita/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/land-area-sq-km-per-capita/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan/">Land area (sq. km), per capita in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

Land area (sq. km) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Land area (sq. km) ÷ Population, total

Computed from

Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

About this data

Indicator: Land area (sq. km), per capita
Unit: sq. km per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 264 places, 15,342 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 03 October 2026

Land area (sq. km) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.