China vs World: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS

China
6,310 1000 ha
in 2019
World
195,197 1000 ha
in 2019
China rank
3rd
World rank
1st

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS over time

  • China
  • World
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How they compare

World currently reports 195,197 1000 ha against 6,310 1000 ha in China, a difference of 188,887 1000 ha.

That makes World's figure about 30.9 times China's.

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

China ranks 3rd and World ranks 1st of 52 countries.

World 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, China or World?
World, at 195,197 1000 ha against 6,310 1000 ha in China as of 2019.
What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls between China and World?
188,887 1000 ha, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and World?
5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
How do China and World rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls?
China ranks 3rd and World ranks 1st of 52 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.