Surface area (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): Surface area (sq. km), per capita was 0.0317 sq. km per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Surface area (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in sq. km per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for surface area (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) is 0.0317 sq. km per person, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, surface area (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 0.0947 sq. km per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0317 sq. km per person, in 2023.
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 7th of 47 groups on this measure, 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | sq. km per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0947 sq. km per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0921 sq. km per person | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0895 sq. km per person | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 0.0871 sq. km per person | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0848 sq. km per person | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0825 sq. km per person | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 0.0804 sq. km per person | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0783 sq. km per person | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0763 sq. km per person | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0744 sq. km per person | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0726 sq. km per person | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0709 sq. km per person | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0692 sq. km per person | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0675 sq. km per person | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0659 sq. km per person | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 0.0644 sq. km per person | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0629 sq. km per person | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0615 sq. km per person | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0601 sq. km per person | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0587 sq. km per person | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0574 sq. km per person | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0562 sq. km per person | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 0.055 sq. km per person | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0538 sq. km per person | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0527 sq. km per person | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0516 sq. km per person | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0506 sq. km per person | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0496 sq. km per person | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0486 sq. km per person | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 0.0477 sq. km per person | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0468 sq. km per person | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.046 sq. km per person | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0451 sq. km per person | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0444 sq. km per person | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0436 sq. km per person | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0429 sq. km per person | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0422 sq. km per person | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0415 sq. km per person | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0408 sq. km per person | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0402 sq. km per person | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0396 sq. km per person | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0391 sq. km per person | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0386 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0381 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0376 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0372 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0367 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0363 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0359 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0355 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0351 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0347 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0343 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.034 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0336 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0333 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.033 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0327 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0326 sq. km per person | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0324 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0322 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0319 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0317 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0851 sq. km per person | 0.0763 sq. km per person | 0.0947 sq. km per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0669 sq. km per person | 0.0601 sq. km per person | 0.0744 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0534 sq. km per person | 0.0486 sq. km per person | 0.0587 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0441 sq. km per person | 0.0408 sq. km per person | 0.0477 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0379 sq. km per person | 0.0359 sq. km per person | 0.0402 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0339 sq. km per person | 0.0326 sq. km per person | 0.0355 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.032 sq. km per person | 0.0317 sq. km per person | 0.0324 sq. km per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
- 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
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 497.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 763.37 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5917 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1849 units per person (2025)
- Rural population 18.5% (2025)
- Rural population 120.45 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0705 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.1% (2025)
All data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is surface area (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Surface area (sq. km), per capita in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) was 0.0317 sq. km per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest surface area (sq. km), per capita recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0947 sq. km per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest surface area (sq. km), per capita recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0317 sq. km per person in 2023.
- How does Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for surface area (sq. km), per capita?
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 7th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is surface area (sq. km), per capita rising or falling in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.