Afghanistan vs Central Asia: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Afghanistan
- Central Asia
How they compare
Central Asia currently reports 1,813 1000 ha against 322.06 1000 ha in Afghanistan, a difference of 1,491 1000 ha.
That makes Central Asia's figure about 5.6 times Afghanistan's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Central Asia has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 15th and Central Asia ranks 11th of 224 countries.
Central Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Central Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 322.06 1000 ha | 1,813 1000 ha | 1,491 1000 ha | Central Asia |
| 2000s | 322.06 1000 ha | 1,813 1000 ha | 1,491 1000 ha | Central Asia |
| 2010s | 322.06 1000 ha | 1,813 1000 ha | 1,491 1000 ha | Central Asia |
| 2020s | 322.06 1000 ha | 1,813 1000 ha | 1,491 1000 ha | Central Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc, Afghanistan or Central Asia?
- Central Asia, at 1,813 1000 ha against 322.06 1000 ha in Afghanistan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc between Afghanistan and Central Asia?
- 1,491 1000 ha, with Central Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Central Asia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Afghanistan and Central Asia rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc?
- Afghanistan ranks 15th and Central Asia ranks 11th of 224 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.