Chile vs China: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time
- Chile
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 2,848 1000 ha against 1,505 1000 ha in Chile, a difference of 1,343 1000 ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.9 times Chile's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
Chile ranks 8th and China ranks 6th of 240 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,496 1000 ha | 3,065 1000 ha | 1,568 1000 ha | China |
| 2010s | 1,606 1000 ha | 3,153 1000 ha | 1,547 1000 ha | China |
| 2020s | 1,460 1000 ha | 3,103 1000 ha | 1,643 1000 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, Chile or China?
- China, at 2,848 1000 ha against 1,505 1000 ha in Chile as of 2024.
- What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between Chile and China?
- 1,343 1000 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and China?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Chile and China rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- Chile ranks 8th and China ranks 6th of 240 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.