Labor force, total, per square kilometre in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Labor force, total, per square kilometre was 34.25 units per square kilometre in 2023. β² Rising
Labor force, total, per square kilometre in Upper middle income, 1990β2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, labor force, total, per square kilometre in Upper middle income stood at 34.25 units per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, labor force, total, per square kilometre in Upper middle income peaked at 34.25 units per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 25.15 units per square kilometre, in 1992.
Upper middle income ranks 13th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.64 units per square kilometre | 25.15 units per square kilometre | 27.93 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.15 units per square kilometre | 28.27 units per square kilometre | 31.8 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.14 units per square kilometre | 32.02 units per square kilometre | 34.13 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.87 units per square kilometre | 33.25 units per square kilometre | 34.25 units per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
- 10 Mauritius 313.09 units per square kilometre compare
- 11 Netherlands 305.01 units per square kilometre compare
- 12 Korea 303.15 units per square kilometre compare
- 13 State of Palestine 230.91 units per square kilometre compare
- 14 Burundi 229.51 units per square kilometre compare
- 15 Rwanda 224.24 units per square kilometre compare
- 16 Israel 214.32 units per square kilometre compare
More education data for Upper middle income
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13.41 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 13.41 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0044 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.7% (2024)
- Labor force, female 42.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labor force, total, per square kilometre in Upper middle income?
- Labor force, total, per square kilometre in Upper middle income was 34.25 units per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest labor force, total, per square kilometre recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 34.25 units per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest labor force, total, per square kilometre recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.15 units per square kilometre in 1992.
- How does Upper middle income rank for labor force, total, per square kilometre?
- Upper middle income ranks 13th out of 45 groups with data for 2023.
- Is labor force, total, per square kilometre rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Labor force, total, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV Β· JSON β 34 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.
How this figure is calculated
Labor force, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Labor force, total Γ· Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Labor force, total International Labour Organization (ILO), type: estimates based on external database
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Labor force, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.