What is land area in Low income?

Land area in Low income was 14.69 million sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

What is the highest land area recorded in Low income?

The highest recorded value was 14.69 million sq. km in 2021.

What is the lowest land area recorded in Low income?

The lowest recorded value was 10.94 million sq. km in 1975.

How does Low income rank for land area?

Low income ranks 30th out of 46 groups with data for 2023.

Is land area rising or falling in Low income?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Low income data come from?

The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Land area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Land area in Low income

Name: Land area in Low income
Creator: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Low income: Land area was 14.69 million sq. km in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

14.69 million sq. km

Change on year

unchanged

Rank

30th

of 46 groups

All-time high

14.69 million sq. km

in 2021

All-time low

10.94 million sq. km

in 1975

Years of data

1961–2023

Land area in Low income, 1961–2023

Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in sq. km.

Analysis

In 2023, land area in Low income stood at 14.69 million sq. km. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, land area in Low income peaked at 14.69 million sq. km in 2021 and was at its lowest, 10.94 million sq. km, in 1975.

That places Low income 30th out of 46 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	10.94 million sq. km	10.94 million sq. km	10.94 million sq. km	9
1970s	10.94 million sq. km	10.94 million sq. km	10.94 million sq. km	10
1980s	10.94 million sq. km	10.94 million sq. km	10.94 million sq. km	10
1990s	11.71 million sq. km	10.94 million sq. km	12.04 million sq. km	10
2000s	12.13 million sq. km	12.04 million sq. km	12.19 million sq. km	10
2010s	14.19 million sq. km	12.19 million sq. km	14.69 million sq. km	10
2020s	14.69 million sq. km	14.69 million sq. km	14.69 million sq. km	4

Countries ranked near Low income

27 Bolivia 1.08 million sq. km compare
28 Mauritania 1.03 million sq. km compare
29 Egypt 995,450 sq. km compare
30 Nigeria 910,770 sq. km compare
31 Tanzania 885,800 sq. km compare
32 Venezuela 882,050 sq. km compare
33 Namibia 823,290 sq. km compare

See the full ranking of 263 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Low income

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.74 % change on previous year (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 175.01 billion current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 27.2% (2025)
Rural population 497.63 million (2025)
Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Rural population 64.8% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2019)
Rural population, per capita 0.6484 units per person (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2723 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.04 current US$ per person (2025)

All data for Low income →

Frequently asked questions

What is land area in Low income?: Land area in Low income was 14.69 million sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest land area recorded in Low income?: The highest recorded value was 14.69 million sq. km in 2021.
What is the lowest land area recorded in Low income?: The lowest recorded value was 10.94 million sq. km in 1975.
How does Low income rank for land area?: Low income ranks 30th out of 46 groups with data for 2023.
Is land area rising or falling in Low income?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Low income data come from?: The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Land area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Land area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 263 places, 15,310 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.