Argentina vs Southern Europe: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS

Argentina
272.7 1000 ha
in 2024
Southern Europe
11.29 1000 ha
in 2024
Argentina rank
14th
Southern Europe rank
16th

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time

  • Argentina
  • Southern Europe
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How they compare

Argentina currently reports 272.7 1000 ha against 11.29 1000 ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 261.41 1000 ha.

That makes Argentina's figure about 24.2 times Southern Europe's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Argentina has been ahead every year.

Argentina ranks 14th and Southern Europe ranks 16th of 223 countries.

Argentina has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Southern Europe Difference Ahead
2000s 294.43 1000 ha 20.04 1000 ha 274.4 1000 ha Argentina
2010s 266.96 1000 ha 15.99 1000 ha 250.97 1000 ha Argentina
2020s 253.99 1000 ha 12.9 1000 ha 241.09 1000 ha Argentina

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, Argentina or Southern Europe?
Argentina, at 272.7 1000 ha against 11.29 1000 ha in Southern Europe as of 2024.
What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between Argentina and Southern Europe?
261.41 1000 ha, with Argentina ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Southern Europe?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Argentina and Southern Europe rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
Argentina ranks 14th and Southern Europe ranks 16th 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

Indicator
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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.