China vs Northern America: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time
- China
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 218,125 1000 ha against 2,848 1000 ha in China, a difference of 215,277 1000 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 76.6 times China's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
China ranks 6th and Northern America ranks 3rd of 223 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,065 1000 ha | 220,060 1000 ha | 216,996 1000 ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 3,153 1000 ha | 218,933 1000 ha | 215,780 1000 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 3,103 1000 ha | 208,952 1000 ha | 205,848 1000 ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, China or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 218,125 1000 ha against 2,848 1000 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between China and Northern America?
- 215,277 1000 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Northern America?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do China and Northern America rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- China ranks 6th and Northern America ranks 3rd of 223 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.