Land area (sq. km), per capita in OECD members
OECD members: Land area (sq. km), per capita was 0.0255 sq. km per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Land area (sq. km), per capita in OECD members, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in sq. km per person.
Analysis
In 2023, land area (sq. km), per capita in OECD members stood at 0.0255 sq. km per person. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land area (sq. km), per capita in OECD members peaked at 0.0428 sq. km per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0255 sq. km per person, in 2023.
That places OECD members 12th out of 47 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Land area (sq. km), per capita in OECD members, year by year
| Year | sq. km per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0428 sq. km per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0422 sq. km per person | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0417 sq. km per person | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 0.0411 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0406 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0401 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0396 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0392 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0387 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0383 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 0.0378 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0373 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0369 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0365 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.0362 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0358 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0355 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 0.0351 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0348 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0345 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0342 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0339 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0336 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0333 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0331 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0328 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0326 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0323 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.032 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0317 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0314 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0313 sq. km per person | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0311 sq. km per person | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0309 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0306 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0304 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0302 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0299 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0297 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0295 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0293 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0291 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0289 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0287 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0285 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0283 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0281 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0278 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0276 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0275 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0273 sq. km per person | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0271 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.027 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0268 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0267 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0265 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0263 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0262 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.026 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0259 sq. km per person | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0257 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0256 sq. km per person | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0255 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0407 sq. km per person | 0.0387 sq. km per person | 0.0428 sq. km per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0364 sq. km per person | 0.0348 sq. km per person | 0.0383 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0332 sq. km per person | 0.032 sq. km per person | 0.0345 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0307 sq. km per person | 0.0297 sq. km per person | 0.0317 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0286 sq. km per person | 0.0276 sq. km per person | 0.0295 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0267 sq. km per person | 0.026 sq. km per person | 0.0275 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0257 sq. km per person | 0.0255 sq. km per person | 0.0259 sq. km per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
- 9 Botswana 0.2285 sq. km per person compare
- 10 Canada 0.2194 sq. km per person compare
- 11 Mauritania 0.2052 sq. km per person compare
- 12 Kazakhstan 0.1328 sq. km per person compare
- 13 Central African Republic 0.1209 sq. km per person compare
- 14 Russia 0.1139 sq. km per person compare
- 15 Gabon 0.1037 sq. km per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for OECD members
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 977.64 billion current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.4% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Rural population 262.00 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 18.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0143 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.9 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3033 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land area (sq. km), per capita in OECD members?
- Land area (sq. km), per capita in OECD members was 0.0255 sq. km per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest land area (sq. km), per capita recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0428 sq. km per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest land area (sq. km), per capita recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0255 sq. km per person in 2023.
- How does OECD members rank for land area (sq. km), per capita?
- OECD members ranks 12th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is land area (sq. km), per capita rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members 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.
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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
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.