What is the highest surface area recorded in Middle income?

The highest recorded value was 64.79 million sq. km in 2021.

What is the lowest surface area recorded in Middle income?

The lowest recorded value was 64.68 million sq. km in 2014.

How does Middle income rank for surface area?

Middle income ranks 5th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.

Is surface area rising or falling in Middle income?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Surface area (sq. km) in Middle income

Name: Surface area (sq. km) in Middle 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)

Middle income: Surface area (sq. km) was 64.79 million sq. km in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)

64.79 million sq. km

Change on year

down 0.0%

Rank

5th

of 47 groups

All-time high

64.79 million sq. km

in 2021

All-time low

64.68 million sq. km

in 2014

Years of data

1961–2023

Surface area in Middle 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

Middle income recorded 64.79 million sq. km for surface area in 2023.

That represents a change of up 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, surface area in Middle income peaked at 64.79 million sq. km in 2021 and was at its lowest, 64.68 million sq. km, in 2014.

Middle income ranks 5th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

Surface area (sq. km) in Middle income, year by year

Annual values for Surface area (sq. km) in Middle income, 1961 to 2023.
Year	sq. km	Change
1961	64.72 million sq. km	—
1962	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1963	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1964	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1965	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1966	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1967	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1968	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1969	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1970	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1971	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1972	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1973	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1974	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1975	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1976	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1977	64.72 million sq. km	-0.0%
1978	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1979	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1980	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1981	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1982	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1983	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1984	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1985	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1986	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1987	64.72 million sq. km	-0.0%
1988	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1989	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1990	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1991	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1992	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1993	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1994	64.72 million sq. km	-0.0%
1995	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1996	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1997	64.72 million sq. km	+0.0%
1998	64.69 million sq. km	-0.0%
1999	64.69 million sq. km	+0.0%
2000	64.68 million sq. km	-0.0%
2001	64.68 million sq. km	+0.0%
2002	64.68 million sq. km	+0.0%
2003	64.68 million sq. km	+0.0%
2004	64.68 million sq. km	-0.0%
2005	64.68 million sq. km	+0.0%
2006	64.68 million sq. km	+0.0%
2007	64.68 million sq. km	+0.0%
2008	64.68 million sq. km	-0.0%
2009	64.68 million sq. km	-0.0%
2010	64.68 million sq. km	-0.0%
2011	64.68 million sq. km	+0.0%
2012	64.68 million sq. km	+0.0%
2013	64.68 million sq. km	-0.0%
2014	64.68 million sq. km	-0.0%
2015	64.69 million sq. km	+0.0%
2016	64.69 million sq. km	+0.0%
2017	64.69 million sq. km	+0.0%
2018	64.69 million sq. km	-0.0%
2019	64.79 million sq. km	+0.2%
2020	64.79 million sq. km	+0.0%
2021	64.79 million sq. km	+0.0%
2022	64.79 million sq. km	-0.0%
2023	64.79 million sq. km	-0.0%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	64.72 million sq. km	64.72 million sq. km	64.72 million sq. km	9
1970s	64.72 million sq. km	64.72 million sq. km	64.72 million sq. km	10
1980s	64.72 million sq. km	64.72 million sq. km	64.72 million sq. km	10
1990s	64.71 million sq. km	64.69 million sq. km	64.72 million sq. km	10
2000s	64.68 million sq. km	64.68 million sq. km	64.68 million sq. km	10
2010s	64.69 million sq. km	64.68 million sq. km	64.79 million sq. km	10
2020s	64.79 million sq. km	64.79 million sq. km	64.79 million sq. km	4

Countries ranked near Middle income

2 Canada 15.63 million sq. km compare
3 United States 9.83 million sq. km compare
4 China 9.56 million sq. km compare
5 Brazil 8.51 million sq. km compare
6 Australia 7.74 million sq. km compare
7 India 3.29 million sq. km compare
8 Argentina 2.78 million sq. km compare

See the full ranking of 264 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Middle income

Rural population, per capita 0.4459 units per person (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 597.13 current US$ per person (2025)
Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0313 % change on previous year (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.60 trillion current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.8% (2025)
Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Rural population 44.6% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0881 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is surface area in Middle income?: Surface area in Middle income was 64.79 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 Middle income?: The highest recorded value was 64.79 million sq. km in 2021.
What is the lowest surface area recorded in Middle income?: The lowest recorded value was 64.68 million sq. km in 2014.
How does Middle income rank for surface area?: Middle income ranks 5th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
Is surface area rising or falling in Middle income?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Middle 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, 16,669 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 12 November 2026

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