Canada vs Eastern Asia: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC

Canada
18,553 1000 ha
in 2022
Eastern Asia
6,448 1000 ha
in 2022
Canada rank
3rd
Eastern Asia rank
6th

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC over time

  • Canada
  • Eastern Asia
7.5k10.0k12.5k15.0k17.5k199220072022

How they compare

Canada currently reports 18,553 1000 ha against 6,448 1000 ha in Eastern Asia, a difference of 12,105 1000 ha.

That makes Canada's figure about 2.9 times Eastern Asia's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 3rd and Eastern Asia ranks 6th of 224 countries.

Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Eastern Asia Difference Ahead
1990s 18,553 1000 ha 6,448 1000 ha 12,105 1000 ha Canada
2000s 18,553 1000 ha 6,448 1000 ha 12,105 1000 ha Canada
2010s 18,553 1000 ha 6,448 1000 ha 12,105 1000 ha Canada
2020s 18,553 1000 ha 6,448 1000 ha 12,105 1000 ha Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc, Canada or Eastern Asia?
Canada, at 18,553 1000 ha against 6,448 1000 ha in Eastern Asia as of 2022.
What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc between Canada and Eastern Asia?
12,105 1000 ha, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Eastern Asia?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Canada and Eastern Asia rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc?
Canada ranks 3rd and Eastern Asia ranks 6th 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

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.