What is land area in Small states?

Land area in Small states was 751,864 sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

What is the highest land area recorded in Small states?

The highest recorded value was 751,886 sq. km in 2020.

What is the lowest land area recorded in Small states?

The lowest recorded value was 688,092 sq. km in 1961.

Is land area rising or falling in Small states?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Small states 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 Small states

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

Small states: Land area was 751,864 sq. km in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

751,864 sq. km

Change on year

down 0.0%

All-time high

751,886 sq. km

in 2020

All-time low

688,092 sq. km

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Land area in Small states, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

Small states recorded 751,864 sq. km for land area in 2023.

That represents a change of up 1.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, land area in Small states peaked at 751,886 sq. km in 2020 and was at its lowest, 688,092 sq. km, in 1961.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	688,092 sq. km	688,092 sq. km	688,092 sq. km	9
1970s	688,162 sq. km	688,092 sq. km	688,232 sq. km	10
1980s	688,142 sq. km	688,142 sq. km	688,142 sq. km	10
1990s	719,106 sq. km	688,142 sq. km	731,872 sq. km	10
2000s	729,319 sq. km	723,266 sq. km	736,716 sq. km	10
2010s	737,337 sq. km	736,683 sq. km	737,790 sq. km	10
2020s	751,876 sq. km	751,864 sq. km	751,886 sq. km	4

More agriculture & rural data for Small states

Agricultural raw materials exports 2.2% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Rural population 47.9% (2025)
Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
Rural population 9.75 million (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.7% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.45 billion current US$ (2025)
Land under cereal production 42,973 hectares (2024)
Cereal yield 2,444 kg per hectare (2024)
Cereal production 105,022 metric tons (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is land area in Small states?: Land area in Small states was 751,864 sq. km in 2023, according to FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest land area recorded in Small states?: The highest recorded value was 751,886 sq. km in 2020.
What is the lowest land area recorded in Small states?: The lowest recorded value was 688,092 sq. km in 1961.
Is land area rising or falling in Small states?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Small states 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.