What is the highest surface area recorded in Low income?

The highest recorded value was 14.97 million sq. km in 2023.

What is the lowest surface area recorded in Low income?

The lowest recorded value was 14.92 million sq. km in 1961.

How does Low income rank for surface area?

Low income ranks 31st out of 47 groups with data for 2023.

Is surface area rising or falling in Low income?

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

Surface area in Low income

Name: Surface area in Low income
Creator: 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)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Low income: Surface area was 14.97 million sq. km in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)

14.97 million sq. km

Change on year

up 0.0%

Rank

31st

of 47 groups

All-time high

14.97 million sq. km

in 2023

All-time low

14.92 million sq. km

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Surface area in Low income, 1961–2023

Source: 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). Measured in sq. km.

Analysis

The most recent figure for surface area in Low income is 14.97 million sq. km, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

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

Over the whole period, surface area in Low income peaked at 14.97 million sq. km in 2023 and was at its lowest, 14.92 million sq. km, in 1961.

Low income ranks 31st of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Surface area in Low income, year by year

Annual values for Surface area (sq. km) in Low income, 1961 to 2023.
Year	sq. km	Change
1961	14.92 million sq. km	—
1962	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1963	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1964	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1965	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1966	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1967	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1968	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1969	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1970	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1971	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1972	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1973	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1974	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1975	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1976	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1977	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1978	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1979	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1980	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1981	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1982	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1983	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1984	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1985	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1986	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1987	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1988	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1989	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1990	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1991	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1992	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1993	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1994	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1995	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1996	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1997	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1998	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
1999	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
2000	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
2001	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
2002	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
2003	14.92 million sq. km	+0.0%
2004	14.95 million sq. km	+0.2%
2005	14.95 million sq. km	+0.0%
2006	14.95 million sq. km	+0.0%
2007	14.95 million sq. km	+0.0%
2008	14.95 million sq. km	+0.0%
2009	14.95 million sq. km	+0.0%
2010	14.95 million sq. km	+0.0%
2011	14.95 million sq. km	+0.0%
2012	14.97 million sq. km	+0.1%
2013	14.97 million sq. km	+0.0%
2014	14.97 million sq. km	+0.0%
2015	14.97 million sq. km	+0.0%
2016	14.97 million sq. km	+0.0%
2017	14.97 million sq. km	+0.0%
2018	14.97 million sq. km	+0.0%
2019	14.97 million sq. km	+0.0%
2020	14.97 million sq. km	+0.0%
2021	14.97 million sq. km	+0.0%
2022	14.97 million sq. km	+0.0%
2023	14.97 million sq. km	+0.0%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	14.92 million sq. km	14.92 million sq. km	14.92 million sq. km	9
1970s	14.92 million sq. km	14.92 million sq. km	14.92 million sq. km	10
1980s	14.92 million sq. km	14.92 million sq. km	14.92 million sq. km	10
1990s	14.92 million sq. km	14.92 million sq. km	14.92 million sq. km	10
2000s	14.94 million sq. km	14.92 million sq. km	14.95 million sq. km	10
2010s	14.97 million sq. km	14.95 million sq. km	14.97 million sq. km	10
2020s	14.97 million sq. km	14.97 million sq. km	14.97 million sq. km	4

Countries ranked near Low income

28 Mauritania 1.03 million sq. km compare
29 Egypt 1.00 million sq. km compare
30 Tanzania 947,300 sq. km compare
31 Nigeria 923,770 sq. km compare
32 Venezuela 912,050 sq. km compare
33 Namibia 824,290 sq. km compare
34 Mozambique 799,380 sq. km compare

See the full ranking of 264 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Low income

Rural population, per capita 0.6484 units per person (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 27.2% (2025)
Rural population 497.63 million (2025)
Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Rural population 64.8% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2019)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.04 current US$ per person (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.74 % change on previous year (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2723 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 175.01 billion current US$ (2025)

All data for Low income →

Frequently asked questions

What is surface area in Low income?: Surface area in Low income was 14.97 million sq. km in 2023, according to 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).
What is the highest surface area recorded in Low income?: The highest recorded value was 14.97 million sq. km in 2023.
What is the lowest surface area recorded in Low income?: The lowest recorded value was 14.92 million sq. km in 1961.
How does Low income rank for surface area?: Low income ranks 31st out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
Is surface area rising or falling in Low income?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Low income data come from?: The figures come from 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), published as part of Surface area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Surface area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: 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)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 16,456 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.