Chile vs Eastern Asia: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS

Chile
1,505 1000 ha
in 2024
Eastern Asia
2,862 1000 ha
in 2024
Chile rank
8th
Eastern Asia rank
4th

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time

  • Chile
  • Eastern Asia
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How they compare

Eastern Asia currently reports 2,862 1000 ha against 1,505 1000 ha in Chile, a difference of 1,357 1000 ha.

That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 1.9 times Chile's.

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

Chile ranks 8th and Eastern Asia ranks 4th of 218 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Eastern Asia Difference Ahead
2000s 1,496 1000 ha 3,079 1000 ha 1,583 1000 ha Eastern Asia
2010s 1,606 1000 ha 3,167 1000 ha 1,561 1000 ha Eastern Asia
2020s 1,460 1000 ha 3,118 1000 ha 1,657 1000 ha Eastern Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, Chile or Eastern Asia?
Eastern Asia, at 2,862 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 Eastern Asia?
1,357 1000 ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Eastern Asia?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Chile and Eastern Asia rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
Chile ranks 8th and Eastern Asia 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.