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Surface area — Lower-middle-income countries

Surface area in lower-middle-income countries in 2023 — 22,411,325 km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 0%.

2023 22.41M km² −0% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 22.41M km²2021
Period minimum 22.39M km²2004

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Surface area — Lower-middle-income countries, 1961–202322.39M22.4M22.4M22.41M22.41M22.42M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 22,408,701 km²1963: 22,408,701 km²1965: 22,408,701 km²1967: 22,408,701 km²1969: 22,408,701 km²1971: 22,408,701 km²1973: 22,408,701 km²1975: 22,408,701 km²1977: 22,406,581 km²1979: 22,408,621 km²1981: 22,408,701 km²1983: 22,408,701 km²1985: 22,408,701 km²1987: 22,407,361 km²1989: 22,407,371 km²1991: 22,408,071 km²1993: 22,408,111 km²1995: 22,401,188 km²1997: 22,401,188 km²1999: 22,401,188 km²2001: 22,396,031 km²2003: 22,396,091 km²2005: 22,396,310 km²2007: 22,396,310 km²2009: 22,396,688 km²2011: 22,396,594 km²2013: 22,396,597 km²2015: 22,399,688 km²2017: 22,400,032 km²2019: 22,399,691 km²2021: 22,411,330 km²2023: 22,411,325 km²
Change over the period: +2,624 (+0.01%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 22.41M km²
World 141M km²
Surface area — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 22.41M −4 −0%
2022 22.41M −1 −0%
2021 22.41M +9 +0%
2020 22.41M +11,630 +0.05%
2019 22.4M +60 +0%
2018 22.4M −401 −0%
2017 22.4M +343 +0%
2016 22.4M +1 +0%
2015 22.4M +4,825 +0.02%
2014 22.39M −1,734 −0.01%
2013 22.4M +9 +0%
2012 22.4M −6 −0%
2011 22.4M +3 +0%
2010 22.4M −97 −0%
2009 22.4M +539 +0%
2008 22.4M −161 −0%
2007 22.4M +0 +0%
2006 22.4M +0 +0%
2005 22.4M +1,898 +0.01%
2004 22.39M −1,679 −0.01%
2003 22.4M +10 +0%
2002 22.4M +50 +0%
2001 22.4M +10 +0%
2000 22.4M −5,167 −0.02%
1999 22.4M +0 +0%
1998 22.4M +0 +0%
1997 22.4M +0 +0%
1996 22.4M +0 +0%
1995 22.4M +0 +0%
1994 22.4M −6,923 −0.03%
1993 22.41M +10 +0%
1992 22.41M +30 +0%
1991 22.41M +30 +0%
1990 22.41M +670 +0%
1989 22.41M +0 +0%
1988 22.41M +10 +0%
1987 22.41M −1,340 −0.01%
1986 22.41M +0 +0%
1985 22.41M +0 +0%
1984 22.41M +0 +0%
1983 22.41M +0 +0%
1982 22.41M +0 +0%
1981 22.41M +0 +0%
1980 22.41M +80 +0%
1979 22.41M +2,040 +0.01%
1978 22.41M +0 +0%
1977 22.41M −2,120 −0.01%
1976 22.41M +0 +0%
1975 22.41M +0 +0%
1974 22.41M +0 +0%
1973 22.41M +0 +0%
1972 22.41M +0 +0%
1971 22.41M +0 +0%
1970 22.41M +0 +0%
1969 22.41M +0 +0%
1968 22.41M +0 +0%
1967 22.41M +0 +0%
1966 22.41M +0 +0%
1965 22.41M +0 +0%
1964 22.41M +0 +0%
1963 22.41M +0 +0%
1962 22.41M +0 +0%
1961 22.41M — —

About the indicator

Total surface area: land together with inland water bodies and, where applicable, coastal waters. This is the figure usually quoted as the area of a country in reference books and encyclopedias. It is the basis for the share of protected natural areas, because protected areas include marine waters, which land area leaves out.

Important: This is the “encyclopedic” area of a country. Land shares — forest, arable and agricultural land — are calculated against land area, not against this figure.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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