Afghanistan vs Nepal: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC over time
- Afghanistan
- Nepal
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 470.94 1000 ha against 322.06 1000 ha in Afghanistan, a difference of 148.88 1000 ha.
That makes Nepal's figure about 1.5 times Afghanistan's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Nepal has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 15th and Nepal ranks 14th of 224 countries.
Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 322.06 1000 ha | 470.94 1000 ha | 148.88 1000 ha | Nepal |
| 2000s | 322.06 1000 ha | 470.94 1000 ha | 148.88 1000 ha | Nepal |
| 2010s | 322.06 1000 ha | 470.94 1000 ha | 148.88 1000 ha | Nepal |
| 2020s | 322.06 1000 ha | 470.94 1000 ha | 148.88 1000 ha | Nepal |
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 Nepal?
- Nepal, at 470.94 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 Nepal?
- 148.88 1000 ha, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Nepal?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Afghanistan and Nepal rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc?
- Afghanistan ranks 15th and Nepal ranks 14th 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.