What is land area in Upper middle income?

Land area in Upper middle income was 44.42 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 Upper middle income?

The highest recorded value was 44.42 million sq. km in 2006.

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

The lowest recorded value was 40.04 million sq. km in 1976.

Is land area rising or falling in Upper middle income?

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

Where does this Upper 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 Upper middle income

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

Upper middle income: Land area was 44.42 million sq. km in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

44.42 million sq. km

Change on year

up 0.0%

All-time high

44.42 million sq. km

in 2006

All-time low

40.04 million sq. km

in 1976

Years of data

1961–2023

Land area in Upper middle income, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

Upper middle income recorded 44.42 million sq. km for land area in 2023.

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

Over the whole period, land area in Upper middle income peaked at 44.42 million sq. km in 2006 and was at its lowest, 40.04 million sq. km, in 1976.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	40.04 million sq. km	40.04 million sq. km	40.04 million sq. km	9
1970s	40.04 million sq. km	40.04 million sq. km	40.04 million sq. km	10
1980s	40.04 million sq. km	40.04 million sq. km	40.04 million sq. km	10
1990s	43.43 million sq. km	40.04 million sq. km	44.29 million sq. km	10
2000s	44.35 million sq. km	44.31 million sq. km	44.42 million sq. km	10
2010s	44.41 million sq. km	44.41 million sq. km	44.42 million sq. km	10
2020s	44.41 million sq. km	44.40 million sq. km	44.42 million sq. km	4

More agriculture & rural data for Upper middle income

Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Rural population 31.8% (2025)
Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
Rural population 978.15 million (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.9% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.31 trillion current US$ (2025)
Land under cereal production 97.08 million hectares (2024)
Cereal yield 4,023 kg per hectare (2024)
Cereal production 390.51 million metric tons (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is land area in Upper middle income?: Land area in Upper middle income was 44.42 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 Upper middle income?: The highest recorded value was 44.42 million sq. km in 2006.
What is the lowest land area recorded in Upper middle income?: The lowest recorded value was 40.04 million sq. km in 1976.
Is land area rising or falling in Upper middle income?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Upper 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.