What is land area in Lower middle income?

Land area in Lower middle income was 18.88 million sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

What is the highest land area recorded in Lower middle income?

The highest recorded value was 18.88 million sq. km in 2022.

What is the lowest land area recorded in Lower middle income?

The lowest recorded value was 18.11 million sq. km in 1973.

Is land area rising or falling in Lower middle income?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Lower middle income data come from?

The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Land area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Land area in Lower middle income

Name: Land area in Lower middle income
Creator: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Lower middle income: Land area was 18.88 million sq. km in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

18.88 million sq. km

Change on year

down 0.0%

All-time high

18.88 million sq. km

in 2022

All-time low

18.11 million sq. km

in 1973

Years of data

1961–2023

Land area in Lower middle income, 1961–2023

Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in sq. km.

Analysis

The most recent figure for land area in Lower middle income is 18.88 million sq. km, measured in 2023.

The figure is up 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, land area in Lower middle income peaked at 18.88 million sq. km in 2022 and was at its lowest, 18.11 million sq. km, in 1973.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	18.11 million sq. km	18.11 million sq. km	18.11 million sq. km	9
1970s	18.11 million sq. km	18.11 million sq. km	18.11 million sq. km	10
1980s	18.11 million sq. km	18.11 million sq. km	18.11 million sq. km	10
1990s	18.71 million sq. km	18.11 million sq. km	18.86 million sq. km	10
2000s	18.87 million sq. km	18.87 million sq. km	18.87 million sq. km	10
2010s	18.87 million sq. km	18.87 million sq. km	18.88 million sq. km	10
2020s	18.88 million sq. km	18.88 million sq. km	18.88 million sq. km	4

More agriculture & rural data for Lower middle income

Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2024)
Rural population 58.0% (2025)
Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
Rural population 1.71 billion (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 17.8% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
Land under cereal production 161.35 million hectares (2024)
Cereal yield 3,366 kg per hectare (2024)
Cereal production 543.12 million metric tons (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is land area in Lower middle income?: Land area in Lower middle income was 18.88 million sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest land area recorded in Lower middle income?: The highest recorded value was 18.88 million sq. km in 2022.
What is the lowest land area recorded in Lower middle income?: The lowest recorded value was 18.11 million sq. km in 1973.
Is land area rising or falling in Lower middle income?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Lower middle income data come from?: The figures come from FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Land area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Land area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
Source: FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 263 places, 15,310 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.