China vs Iceland: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time
- China
- Iceland
How they compare
China currently reports 2,848 1000 ha against 1,161 1000 ha in Iceland, a difference of 1,687 1000 ha.
That makes China's figure about 2.5 times Iceland's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 6th and Iceland ranks 9th of 240 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,065 1000 ha | 1,109 1000 ha | 1,956 1000 ha | China |
| 2010s | 3,153 1000 ha | 1,146 1000 ha | 2,007 1000 ha | China |
| 2020s | 3,103 1000 ha | 1,121 1000 ha | 1,982 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, China or Iceland?
- China, at 2,848 1000 ha against 1,161 1000 ha in Iceland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between China and Iceland?
- 1,687 1000 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Iceland?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do China and Iceland rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- China ranks 6th and Iceland ranks 9th 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.