Surface area (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Surface area (sq. km), per capita was 0.0311 sq. km per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Surface area (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in sq. km per person.
Analysis
In 2023, surface area (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) stood at 0.0311 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 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, surface area (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 0.0926 sq. km per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0311 sq. km per person, in 2023.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 11th 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.
Surface area (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | sq. km per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0926 sq. km per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.09 sq. km per person | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0875 sq. km per person | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 0.0851 sq. km per person | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 0.0828 sq. km per person | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0806 sq. km per person | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 0.0785 sq. km per person | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0764 sq. km per person | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0745 sq. km per person | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0726 sq. km per person | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0708 sq. km per person | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 0.0691 sq. km per person | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0674 sq. km per person | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0658 sq. km per person | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0642 sq. km per person | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0627 sq. km per person | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0613 sq. km per person | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0599 sq. km per person | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0585 sq. km per person | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0572 sq. km per person | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0559 sq. km per person | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0547 sq. km per person | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0535 sq. km per person | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0524 sq. km per person | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0513 sq. km per person | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0502 sq. km per person | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0492 sq. km per person | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0483 sq. km per person | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0473 sq. km per person | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 0.0464 sq. km per person | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0456 sq. km per person | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0448 sq. km per person | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 0.044 sq. km per person | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0432 sq. km per person | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0425 sq. km per person | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0418 sq. km per person | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0411 sq. km per person | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0404 sq. km per person | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0398 sq. km per person | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0392 sq. km per person | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0387 sq. km per person | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0381 sq. km per person | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0376 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0372 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0367 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0363 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0358 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0354 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.035 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0346 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0343 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0339 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0335 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0332 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0329 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0326 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0323 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.032 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0319 sq. km per person | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0317 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0315 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0313 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0311 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0831 sq. km per person | 0.0745 sq. km per person | 0.0926 sq. km per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0652 sq. km per person | 0.0585 sq. km per person | 0.0726 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.052 sq. km per person | 0.0473 sq. km per person | 0.0572 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.043 sq. km per person | 0.0398 sq. km per person | 0.0464 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.037 sq. km per person | 0.035 sq. km per person | 0.0392 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0331 sq. km per person | 0.0319 sq. km per person | 0.0346 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0314 sq. km per person | 0.0311 sq. km per person | 0.0317 sq. km per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 8 Suriname 0.2582 sq. km per person compare
- 9 Libya 0.2384 sq. km per person compare
- 10 Faroe Islands 0.2372 sq. km per person compare
- 11 Botswana 0.2307 sq. km per person compare
- 12 Mauritania 0.1994 sq. km per person compare
- 13 Kazakhstan 0.1323 sq. km per person compare
- 14 Russia 0.1192 sq. km per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 477.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 761.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6002 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.186 units per person (2025)
- Rural population 18.6% (2025)
- Rural population 116.59 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0732 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.3% (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is surface area (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Surface area (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 0.0311 sq. km per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest surface area (sq. km), per capita recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0926 sq. km per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest surface area (sq. km), per capita recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0311 sq. km per person in 2023.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for surface area (sq. km), per capita?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 11th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is surface area (sq. km), per capita rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.
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.