Surface area (sq. km), per capita in OECD members
OECD members: Surface area (sq. km), per capita was 0.0314 sq. km per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Surface area (sq. km), per capita in OECD members, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in sq. km per person.
Analysis
In 2023, surface area (sq. km), per capita in OECD members stood at 0.0314 sq. km per person. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, surface area (sq. km), per capita in OECD members peaked at 0.0524 sq. km per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0314 sq. km per person, in 2023.
That places OECD members 8th 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 OECD members, year by year
| Year | sq. km per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0524 sq. km per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0516 sq. km per person | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0509 sq. km per person | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 0.0503 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0496 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 0.049 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0484 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0479 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0473 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0468 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 0.0462 sq. km per person | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0456 sq. km per person | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0451 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0447 sq. km per person | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.0442 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0438 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0434 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 0.043 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0426 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0422 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0418 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0414 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0411 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0408 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0404 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0401 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0398 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0395 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0391 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0388 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0384 sq. km per person | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0381 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0377 sq. km per person | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0374 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0371 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0368 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0365 sq. km per person | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0363 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.036 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0357 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0355 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0352 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.035 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0347 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0345 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0342 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.034 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0339 sq. km per person | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0336 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0334 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0332 sq. km per person | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.033 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0331 sq. km per person | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0329 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0327 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0325 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0323 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0321 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0319 sq. km per person | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0318 sq. km per person | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0317 sq. km per person | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0316 sq. km per person | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0314 sq. km per person | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0497 sq. km per person | 0.0473 sq. km per person | 0.0524 sq. km per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0445 sq. km per person | 0.0426 sq. km per person | 0.0468 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0406 sq. km per person | 0.0391 sq. km per person | 0.0422 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0373 sq. km per person | 0.036 sq. km per person | 0.0388 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0346 sq. km per person | 0.0336 sq. km per person | 0.0357 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0327 sq. km per person | 0.0319 sq. km per person | 0.0334 sq. km per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0316 sq. km per person | 0.0314 sq. km per person | 0.0318 sq. km per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
- 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
- 11 Botswana 0.2307 sq. km per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for OECD members
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 977.64 billion current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.9 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1868 units per person (2025)
- Rural population 18.7% (2025)
- Rural population 262.00 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0143 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is surface area (sq. km), per capita in OECD members?
- Surface area (sq. km), per capita in OECD members was 0.0314 sq. km per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest surface area (sq. km), per capita recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0524 sq. km per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest surface area (sq. km), per capita recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0314 sq. km per person in 2023.
- How does OECD members rank for surface area (sq. km), per capita?
- OECD members ranks 8th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is surface area (sq. km), per capita rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members 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.