Antarctica vs Greenland: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time
- Antarctica
- Greenland
How they compare
Antarctica currently reports 1.18 million 1000 ha against 186,005 1000 ha in Greenland, a difference of 991,565 1000 ha.
That makes Antarctica's figure about 6.3 times Greenland's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Antarctica has been ahead every year.
Antarctica ranks 1st and Greenland ranks 2nd of 223 countries.
Antarctica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Antarctica | Greenland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.18 million 1000 ha | 186,132 1000 ha | 991,323 1000 ha | Antarctica |
| 2010s | 1.18 million 1000 ha | 186,526 1000 ha | 991,002 1000 ha | Antarctica |
| 2020s | 1.18 million 1000 ha | 176,541 1000 ha | 1.00 million 1000 ha | Antarctica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, Antarctica or Greenland?
- Antarctica, at 1.18 million 1000 ha against 186,005 1000 ha in Greenland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between Antarctica and Greenland?
- 991,565 1000 ha, with Antarctica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Antarctica and Greenland?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Antarctica and Greenland rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- Antarctica ranks 1st and Greenland ranks 2nd of 223 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS. 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.