Square yards (yd²)
The square yard is the area of a square one yard on each side, 9 square feet or about 0.836 square meters.
Convert square yards to any area unit
1 square yard = 0.83612736 square meters
Quick facts
- Unit
- Square yard (plural: square yards)
- Symbol
- yd²
- Measures
- Area
- System
- US & imperial
- Equals
- 0.83612736 square meters
- Definition
- 9 square feet (exactly 0.83612736 m²).
- Also written
- sq yd, yd2
1 square yard in other units
| Square meters | 0.83612736 m² |
| Square feet | 9 ft² |
| Acres | 0.00020661157 ac |
| Hectares | 0.000083612736 ha |
| Square kilometers | 8.3612736 × 10-7 km² |
| Square miles | 3.2283058 × 10-7 mi² |
| Square centimeters | 8,361.2736 cm² |
| Square inches | 1,296 in² |
What is a square yard?
The square yard is the area of a square one yard on each side, 9 square feet or about 0.836 square meters. Carpet, turf and fabric are often priced per square yard in the US, and it is widely used for plot sizes in India and Pakistan (as the square gaj).
Where the square yard sits among area units
The square yard is number 22 of 112 on our scale of area units, ordered from smallest to largest.
What square yards are used for
- Carpet and flooring in the US
- Residential plots in India and Pakistan (gaj)
Square yards in real life
- An acre is 4,840 square yards
- A small bedroom is about 12 yd² (100 ft²)
One square yard is about 8.4 large pizzas, or about 13 sheets of A4 paper, or about 44% of a single bed, or about 182 credit cards.
Top square yard conversions
- Square yards to square meters
- Square yards to square feet
- Square yards to acres
- Square yards to hectares
- Square yards to square kilometers
- Square yards to square miles
- Square yards to square centimeters
- Square yards to square inches
- Square yards to square millimeters
- Square yards to pyeong
- Square yards to bighas
- Square yards to mu
Common amounts of square yards
- 0.1 yd²
- 0.2 yd²
- 0.3 yd²
- 0.4 yd²
- 0.5 yd²
- 0.6 yd²
- 0.7 yd²
- 0.8 yd²
- 0.9 yd²
- 1 yd²
- 1.5 yd²
- 2 yd²
- 2.5 yd²
- 3 yd²
- 3.5 yd²
- 4 yd²
- 4.5 yd²
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- 2,500 yd²
- 3,000 yd²
- 4,000 yd²
- 5,000 yd²
- 10,000 yd²
Convert square yards to all 111 other units
Metric
US & imperial
- yd² to ft²
- yd² to ac
- yd² to mi²
- yd² to in²
- yd² to cmil
- yd² to roofing square
- yd² to section
- yd² to rd²
- yd² to US survey acre
- yd² to rood
- yd² to ch²
- yd² to mil²
- yd² to township
- yd² to homestead
- yd² to Irish acre
- yd² to Scottish acre
- yd² to circular inch
- yd² to Cheshire acre
East & Southeast Asian
- yd² to 평
- yd² to 亩
- yd² to 坪
- yd² to ไร่
- yd² to 坪
- yd² to งาน
- yd² to ตร.ว.
- yd² to 顷
- yd² to 町
- yd² to 甲
- yd² to 反
- yd² to 分
- yd² to 단보
- yd² to 정보
- yd² to 畝
- yd² to 厘
- yd² to 合
- yd² to 分
- yd² to 마지기
- yd² to square chi
South Asian
- yd² to bigha
- yd² to kanal
- yd² to marla
- yd² to cent
- yd² to kattha
- yd² to guntha
- yd² to biswa
- yd² to ground
- yd² to ankanam
- yd² to chatak
- yd² to dhur
- yd² to killa
- yd² to murabba
European & Middle Eastern
- yd² to dunam
- yd² to feddan
- yd² to arpent
- yd² to Morgen
- yd² to Joch
- yd² to desyatina
- yd² to jerib
- yd² to qirat
- yd² to Tagwerk
- yd² to square perch (French)
- yd² to square sazhen
- yd² to square versta
Latin American
- yd² to manzana
- yd² to alqueire paulista
- yd² to alqueire mineiro
- yd² to v²
- yd² to cuadra (area)
- yd² to fanega (area)
- yd² to tarea
- yd² to alqueire baiano
- yd² to caballeria
- yd² to square braca
Ancient
- yd² to jugerum
- yd² to aroura
- yd² to centuria
- yd² to actus
- yd² to heredium
- yd² to saltus
- yd² to square Roman foot
- yd² to square plethron
Scientific
Everyday comparisons
Convert to square yards
- Square meters to square yards
- Square feet to square yards
- Acres to square yards
- Hectares to square yards
- Square kilometers to square yards
- Square miles to square yards
- Square centimeters to square yards
- Square inches to square yards
- Square millimeters to square yards
- Pyeong to square yards
- Bighas to square yards
- Mu to square yards
Frequently asked questions
What is a square yard?
The square yard is the area of a square one yard on each side, 9 square feet or about 0.836 square meters.
How is the square yard defined?
9 square feet (exactly 0.83612736 m²).
How many square meters are in a square yard?
One square yard equals 0.83612736 square meters.
How many square feet are in a square yard?
One square yard equals 9 square feet.
How many acres are in a square yard?
One square yard equals 0.00020661157 acres.