Austria vs French Southern Territories: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC

Austria
36.99 1000 ha
in 2022
French Southern Territories
70.12 1000 ha
in 2022
Austria rank
27th
French Southern Territories rank
24th

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Austria
  • French Southern Territories
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How they compare

French Southern Territories currently reports 70.12 1000 ha against 36.99 1000 ha in Austria, a difference of 33.13 1000 ha.

That makes French Southern Territories's figure about 1.9 times Austria's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, French Southern Territories has been ahead every year.

Austria ranks 27th and French Southern Territories ranks 24th of 224 countries.

French Southern Territories has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria French Southern Territories Difference Ahead
1990s 36.99 1000 ha 70.12 1000 ha 33.13 1000 ha French Southern Territories
2000s 36.99 1000 ha 70.12 1000 ha 33.13 1000 ha French Southern Territories
2010s 36.99 1000 ha 70.12 1000 ha 33.13 1000 ha French Southern Territories
2020s 36.99 1000 ha 70.12 1000 ha 33.13 1000 ha French Southern Territories

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc, Austria or French Southern Territories?
French Southern Territories, at 70.12 1000 ha against 36.99 1000 ha in Austria as of 2022.
What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc between Austria and French Southern Territories?
33.13 1000 ha, with French Southern Territories ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and French Southern Territories?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Austria and French Southern Territories rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc?
Austria ranks 27th and French Southern Territories ranks 24th 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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Indicator
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

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.