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When the cross sectional area of wire is bigger which is lower?

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When the cross sectional area of wire is bigger which is lower?

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The American Wire Gauge system or AWG standardizes the cross sectional area of a wires by assigning them an AWG number. As seen in Figure 1, a lower numbered gauge wire has a larger diameter and thus is able to carry higher currents.

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