China vs Northern Europe: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time
- China
- Northern Europe
How they compare
Northern Europe currently reports 4,946 1000 ha against 2,848 1000 ha in China, a difference of 2,098 1000 ha.
That makes Northern Europe's figure about 1.7 times China's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Northern Europe has been ahead every year.
China ranks 6th and Northern Europe ranks 7th of 223 countries.
Northern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,065 1000 ha | 5,188 1000 ha | 2,123 1000 ha | Northern Europe |
| 2010s | 3,153 1000 ha | 5,357 1000 ha | 2,204 1000 ha | Northern Europe |
| 2020s | 3,103 1000 ha | 5,131 1000 ha | 2,028 1000 ha | Northern Europe |
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 Europe?
- Northern Europe, at 4,946 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 Europe?
- 2,098 1000 ha, with Northern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Northern Europe?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do China and Northern Europe rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- China ranks 6th and Northern Europe ranks 7th 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.