Central Asia vs Nepal: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS

Central Asia
2,116 1000 ha
in 2019
Nepal
504.23 1000 ha
in 2019
Central Asia rank
7th
Nepal rank
13th

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS over time

  • Central Asia
  • Nepal
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How they compare

Central Asia currently reports 2,116 1000 ha against 504.23 1000 ha in Nepal, a difference of 1,612 1000 ha.

That makes Central Asia's figure about 4.2 times Nepal's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Central Asia has been ahead every year.

Central Asia ranks 7th and Nepal ranks 13th of 28 groups.

Central Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls, Central Asia or Nepal?
Central Asia, at 2,116 1000 ha against 504.23 1000 ha in Nepal as of 2019.
What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls between Central Asia and Nepal?
1,612 1000 ha, with Central Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central Asia and Nepal?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do Central Asia and Nepal rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls?
Central Asia ranks 7th and Nepal ranks 13th of 28 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS. 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 CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
77 places, 385 data points, 2015–2019
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.