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Surface area — OECD

Surface area in the OECD in 2023 — 43,545,173 km². Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 1.3%.

2023 43.55M km² −0% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 43.55M km²2020
Period minimum 42.97M km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Surface area — OECD, 1961–202342.8M43M43.2M43.4M43.6M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 42,973,183 km²1963: 42,973,183 km²1965: 42,973,183 km²1967: 42,973,183 km²1969: 42,973,183 km²1971: 42,973,183 km²1973: 42,973,183 km²1975: 42,973,183 km²1977: 42,973,183 km²1979: 42,973,184 km²1981: 42,973,184 km²1983: 42,973,184 km²1985: 42,973,184 km²1987: 42,973,184 km²1989: 42,973,184 km²1991: 42,973,184 km²1993: 42,973,204 km²1995: 42,973,234 km²1997: 42,973,244 km²1999: 42,973,244 km²2001: 42,976,302 km²2003: 42,977,042 km²2005: 42,976,832 km²2007: 42,977,192 km²2009: 43,177,019 km²2011: 43,177,403 km²2013: 43,499,782 km²2015: 43,499,844 km²2017: 43,500,535 km²2019: 43,501,747 km²2021: 43,547,477 km²2023: 43,545,173 km²
Change over the period: +571,990 (+1.33%) Average annual rate: 0.02 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: OECD

OECD 43.55M km²
World 141M km²
Surface area — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 43.55M −837 −0%
2022 43.55M −1,468 −0%
2021 43.55M −6,064 −0.01%
2020 43.55M +51,794 +0.12%
2019 43.5M +982 +0%
2018 43.5M +231 +0%
2017 43.5M −151 −0%
2016 43.5M +841 +0%
2015 43.5M +29 +0%
2014 43.5M +34 +0%
2013 43.5M +321,886 +0.75%
2012 43.18M +493 +0%
2011 43.18M +14 +0%
2010 43.18M +370 +0%
2009 43.18M +212 +0%
2008 43.18M +199,615 +0.46%
2007 42.98M +30 +0%
2006 42.98M +330 +0%
2005 42.98M +50 +0%
2004 42.98M −260 −0%
2003 42.98M +370 +0%
2002 42.98M +370 +0%
2001 42.98M +380 +0%
2000 42.98M +2,678 +0.01%
1999 42.97M +0 +0%
1998 42.97M +0 +0%
1997 42.97M +0 +0%
1996 42.97M +10 +0%
1995 42.97M +20 +0%
1994 42.97M +10 +0%
1993 42.97M +20 +0%
1992 42.97M +0 +0%
1991 42.97M +0 +0%
1990 42.97M +0 +0%
1989 42.97M +0 +0%
1988 42.97M +0 +0%
1987 42.97M +0 +0%
1986 42.97M +0 +0%
1985 42.97M +0 +0%
1984 42.97M +0 +0%
1983 42.97M +0 +0%
1982 42.97M +0 +0%
1981 42.97M +0 +0%
1980 42.97M +0 +0%
1979 42.97M +1 +0%
1978 42.97M +0 +0%
1977 42.97M +0 +0%
1976 42.97M +0 +0%
1975 42.97M +0 +0%
1974 42.97M +0 +0%
1973 42.97M +0 +0%
1972 42.97M +0 +0%
1971 42.97M +0 +0%
1970 42.97M +0 +0%
1969 42.97M +0 +0%
1968 42.97M +0 +0%
1967 42.97M +0 +0%
1966 42.97M +0 +0%
1965 42.97M +0 +0%
1964 42.97M +0 +0%
1963 42.97M +0 +0%
1962 42.97M +0 +0%
1961 42.97M — —

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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