Chile vs Northern America: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS

Chile
2,795 1000 ha
in 2019
Northern America
175,227 1000 ha
in 2019
Chile rank
5th
Northern America rank
3rd

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS over time

  • Chile
  • Northern America
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How they compare

Northern America currently reports 175,227 1000 ha against 2,795 1000 ha in Chile, a difference of 172,432 1000 ha.

That makes Northern America's figure about 62.7 times Chile's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.

Chile ranks 5th and Northern America ranks 3rd of 42 countries.

Northern America 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, Chile or Northern America?
Northern America, at 175,227 1000 ha against 2,795 1000 ha in Chile as of 2019.
What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls between Chile and Northern America?
172,432 1000 ha, with Northern America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Northern America?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do Chile and Northern America rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls?
Chile ranks 5th and Northern America ranks 3rd of 42 countries.
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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About this data

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.