What is land area in Upper middle income?

Land area in Upper middle income was 44.42 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 Upper middle income?

The highest recorded value was 44.42 million sq. km in 2006.

What is the lowest land area recorded in Upper middle income?

The lowest recorded value was 40.04 million sq. km in 1976.

How does Upper middle income rank for land area?

Upper middle income ranks 8th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.

Is land area rising or falling in Upper middle income?

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

Where does this Upper middle 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 Upper middle income

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

Upper middle income: Land area was 44.42 million sq. km in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

44.42 million sq. km

Change on year

up 0.0%

Rank

8th

of 47 groups

All-time high

44.42 million sq. km

in 2006

All-time low

40.04 million sq. km

in 1976

Years of data

1961–2023

Land area in Upper middle income, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

Upper middle income recorded 44.42 million sq. km for land area in 2023.

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

Over the whole period, land area in Upper middle income peaked at 44.42 million sq. km in 2006 and was at its lowest, 40.04 million sq. km, in 1976.

Upper middle income ranks 8th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Land area in Upper middle income, year by year

Annual values for Land area (sq. km) in Upper middle income, 1961 to 2023.
Year	sq. km	Change
1961	40.04 million sq. km	—
1962	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1963	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1964	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1965	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1966	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1967	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1968	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1969	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1970	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1971	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1972	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1973	40.04 million sq. km	-0.0%
1974	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1975	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1976	40.04 million sq. km	-0.0%
1977	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1978	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1979	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1980	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1981	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1982	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1983	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1984	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1985	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1986	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1987	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1988	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1989	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1990	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1991	40.04 million sq. km	+0.0%
1992	44.29 million sq. km	+10.6%
1993	44.29 million sq. km	+0.0%
1994	44.29 million sq. km	-0.0%
1995	44.29 million sq. km	+0.0%
1996	44.29 million sq. km	+0.0%
1997	44.29 million sq. km	+0.0%
1998	44.26 million sq. km	-0.1%
1999	44.26 million sq. km	-0.0%
2000	44.31 million sq. km	+0.1%
2001	44.31 million sq. km	+0.0%
2002	44.31 million sq. km	-0.0%
2003	44.31 million sq. km	+0.0%
2004	44.31 million sq. km	-0.0%
2005	44.32 million sq. km	+0.0%
2006	44.42 million sq. km	+0.2%
2007	44.42 million sq. km	-0.0%
2008	44.42 million sq. km	+0.0%
2009	44.42 million sq. km	-0.0%
2010	44.42 million sq. km	+0.0%
2011	44.42 million sq. km	+0.0%
2012	44.42 million sq. km	+0.0%
2013	44.41 million sq. km	-0.0%
2014	44.41 million sq. km	+0.0%
2015	44.41 million sq. km	-0.0%
2016	44.41 million sq. km	+0.0%
2017	44.41 million sq. km	-0.0%
2018	44.41 million sq. km	+0.0%
2019	44.41 million sq. km	-0.0%
2020	44.40 million sq. km	-0.0%
2021	44.42 million sq. km	+0.0%
2022	44.42 million sq. km	-0.0%
2023	44.42 million sq. km	+0.0%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	40.04 million sq. km	40.04 million sq. km	40.04 million sq. km	9
1970s	40.04 million sq. km	40.04 million sq. km	40.04 million sq. km	10
1980s	40.04 million sq. km	40.04 million sq. km	40.04 million sq. km	10
1990s	43.43 million sq. km	40.04 million sq. km	44.29 million sq. km	10
2000s	44.35 million sq. km	44.31 million sq. km	44.42 million sq. km	10
2010s	44.41 million sq. km	44.41 million sq. km	44.42 million sq. km	10
2020s	44.41 million sq. km	44.40 million sq. km	44.42 million sq. km	4

Countries ranked near Upper middle income

5 Brazil 8.36 million sq. km compare
6 Australia 7.69 million sq. km compare
7 India 2.97 million sq. km compare
8 Argentina 2.74 million sq. km compare
9 Kazakhstan 2.70 million sq. km compare
10 Algeria 2.38 million sq. km compare
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.27 million sq. km compare

See the full ranking of 264 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Upper middle income

Rural population, per capita 0.3177 units per person (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.9% (2025)
Rural population 978.15 million (2025)
Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
Rural population 31.8% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9329 % change on previous year (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0687 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 748.69 current US$ per person (2025)

All data for Upper middle income →

Frequently asked questions

What is land area in Upper middle income?: Land area in Upper middle income was 44.42 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 Upper middle income?: The highest recorded value was 44.42 million sq. km in 2006.
What is the lowest land area recorded in Upper middle income?: The lowest recorded value was 40.04 million sq. km in 1976.
How does Upper middle income rank for land area?: Upper middle income ranks 8th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
Is land area rising or falling in Upper middle income?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Upper middle 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: 264 places, 15,371 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 01 October 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.