Central Asia vs India: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time
- Central Asia
- India
How they compare
Central Asia currently reports 1,534 1000 ha against 314.76 1000 ha in India, a difference of 1,219 1000 ha.
That makes Central Asia's figure about 4.9 times India's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Central Asia has been ahead every year.
Central Asia ranks 6th and India ranks 13th of 44 regions.
Central Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central Asia | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,396 1000 ha | 280.95 1000 ha | 1,115 1000 ha | Central Asia |
| 2010s | 1,867 1000 ha | 341.42 1000 ha | 1,526 1000 ha | Central Asia |
| 2020s | 1,711 1000 ha | 380.86 1000 ha | 1,330 1000 ha | Central Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, Central Asia or India?
- Central Asia, at 1,534 1000 ha against 314.76 1000 ha in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between Central Asia and India?
- 1,219 1000 ha, with Central Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central Asia and India?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Central Asia and India rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- Central Asia ranks 6th and India ranks 13th of 44 regions.
- 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.