Surface area (sq. km), per capita in High income
High income: Surface area (sq. km), per capita was 0.0432 sq. km per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Surface area (sq. km), per capita in High income, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in sq. km per person.
Analysis
High income recorded 0.0432 sq. km per person for surface area (sq. km), per capita in 2023. 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 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, surface area (sq. km), per capita in High income peaked at 0.0654 sq. km per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0432 sq. km per person, in 2023.
That places High income 4th out of 47 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Surface area (sq. km), per capita in High income, year by year
| Year | sq. km per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0654 sq. km per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0646 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 0.0638 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 0.063 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0623 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0617 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0611 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0605 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 0.06 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 0.0594 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 0.0587 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0582 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0577 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0572 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0567 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0562 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0558 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0553 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0549 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0544 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 0.054 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.0536 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0533 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0529 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0526 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0522 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0519 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0515 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0512 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0508 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0505 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0501 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0498 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0495 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0492 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0489 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0487 sq. km per person | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0484 sq. km per person | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0482 sq. km per person | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0479 sq. km per person | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0477 sq. km per person | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0474 sq. km per person | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0472 sq. km per person | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0469 sq. km per person | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0467 sq. km per person | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0464 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0461 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0459 sq. km per person | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0456 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0454 sq. km per person | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0452 sq. km per person | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.045 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.045 sq. km per person | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0447 sq. km per person | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0445 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0442 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.044 sq. km per person | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0439 sq. km per person | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0437 sq. km per person | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0436 sq. km per person | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0437 sq. km per person | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0435 sq. km per person | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0432 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0625 sq. km per person | 0.06 sq. km per person | 0.0654 sq. km per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.057 sq. km per person | 0.0549 sq. km per person | 0.0594 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0528 sq. km per person | 0.0512 sq. km per person | 0.0544 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0494 sq. km per person | 0.0482 sq. km per person | 0.0508 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0468 sq. km per person | 0.0456 sq. km per person | 0.0479 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0446 sq. km per person | 0.0437 sq. km per person | 0.0454 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0435 sq. km per person | 0.0432 sq. km per person | 0.0437 sq. km per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near High income
- 1 Greenland 7.22 sq. km per person compare
- 2 Mongolia 0.4437 sq. km per person compare
- 3 Canada 0.3789 sq. km per person compare
- 4 Australia 0.2847 sq. km per person compare
- 5 Namibia 0.272 sq. km per person compare
- 6 Iceland 0.2665 sq. km per person compare
- 7 Guyana 0.2587 sq. km per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for High income
- Rural population, per capita 0.1975 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 637.62 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1782 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 904.10 billion current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population 281.21 million (2025)
- Rural population 19.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0125 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is surface area (sq. km), per capita in High income?
- Surface area (sq. km), per capita in High income was 0.0432 sq. km per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest surface area (sq. km), per capita recorded in High income?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0654 sq. km per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest surface area (sq. km), per capita recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0432 sq. km per person in 2023.
- How does High income rank for surface area (sq. km), per capita?
- High income ranks 4th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is surface area (sq. km), per capita rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this High income data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Surface area (sq. km), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Surface 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.
Surface area (sq. km) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Surface area FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: 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
Surface 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.