China (People’s Republic of) vs Russian Federation: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time
- China (People’s Republic of)
- Russian Federation
How they compare
Russian Federation currently reports 8,881 1000 ha against 2,848 1000 ha in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 6,033 1000 ha.
That makes Russian Federation's figure about 3.1 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Russian Federation has been ahead every year.
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 6th and Russian Federation ranks 4th of 218 countries.
Russian Federation has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China (People’s Republic of) | Russian Federation | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,065 1000 ha | 9,861 1000 ha | 6,797 1000 ha | Russian Federation |
| 2010s | 3,153 1000 ha | 8,949 1000 ha | 5,796 1000 ha | Russian Federation |
| 2020s | 3,103 1000 ha | 8,798 1000 ha | 5,695 1000 ha | Russian Federation |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, China (People’s Republic of) or Russian Federation?
- Russian Federation, at 8,881 1000 ha against 2,848 1000 ha in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between China (People’s Republic of) and Russian Federation?
- 6,033 1000 ha, with Russian Federation ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and Russian Federation?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do China (People’s Republic of) and Russian Federation rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 6th and Russian Federation 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
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.