Democratic People's Republic of Korea vs Türkiye: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
0 1000 ha
in 2024
Türkiye
9.73 1000 ha
in 2024
Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank
6th
Türkiye rank
3rd

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time

  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Türkiye
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How they compare

Türkiye currently reports 9.73 1000 ha against 0 1000 ha in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a difference of 9.73 1000 ha.

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

Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 6th and Türkiye ranks 3rd of 20 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic People's Republic of Korea Türkiye Difference Ahead
2000s 0 1000 ha 5.18 1000 ha 5.18 1000 ha Türkiye
2010s 0.004 1000 ha 6.44 1000 ha 6.44 1000 ha Türkiye
2020s 0 1000 ha 11.05 1000 ha 11.05 1000 ha Türkiye

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, Democratic People's Republic of Korea or Türkiye?
Türkiye, at 9.73 1000 ha against 0 1000 ha in Democratic People's Republic of Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Türkiye?
9.73 1000 ha, with Türkiye ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Türkiye?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Türkiye rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 6th and Türkiye ranks 3rd of 20 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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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.