China vs Eastern Asia: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC over time
- China
- Eastern Asia
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 6,448 1000 ha against 6,388 1000 ha in China, a difference of 60 1000 ha.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
China ranks 4th and Eastern Asia ranks 6th of 224 countries.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,388 1000 ha | 6,448 1000 ha | 60.16 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 6,388 1000 ha | 6,448 1000 ha | 60.15 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 6,388 1000 ha | 6,448 1000 ha | 60.15 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 6,388 1000 ha | 6,448 1000 ha | 60.15 1000 ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc, China or Eastern Asia?
- Eastern Asia, at 6,448 1000 ha against 6,388 1000 ha in China as of 2022.
- What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc between China and Eastern Asia?
- 60 1000 ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Eastern Asia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do China and Eastern Asia rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc?
- China ranks 4th 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
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.