Canada vs Russian Federation: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS

Canada
24,922 1000 ha
in 2024
Russian Federation
8,881 1000 ha
in 2024
Canada rank
3rd
Russian Federation rank
4th

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time

  • Canada
  • Russian Federation
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 24,922 1000 ha against 8,881 1000 ha in Russian Federation, a difference of 16,041 1000 ha.

That makes Canada's figure about 2.8 times Russian Federation's.

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

Canada ranks 3rd and Russian Federation ranks 4th of 218 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Russian Federation Difference Ahead
2000s 26,684 1000 ha 9,861 1000 ha 16,823 1000 ha Canada
2010s 25,466 1000 ha 8,949 1000 ha 16,517 1000 ha Canada
2020s 25,477 1000 ha 8,798 1000 ha 16,679 1000 ha Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, Canada or Russian Federation?
Canada, at 24,922 1000 ha against 8,881 1000 ha in Russian Federation as of 2024.
What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between Canada and Russian Federation?
16,041 1000 ha, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Russian Federation?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Canada and Russian Federation rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
Canada ranks 3rd and Russian Federation ranks 4th of 218 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.