Eastern Europe vs Norway: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS

Eastern Europe
8,881 1000 ha
in 2024
Norway
3,744 1000 ha
in 2024
Eastern Europe rank
5th
Norway rank
5th

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time

  • Eastern Europe
  • Norway
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How they compare

Eastern Europe currently reports 8,881 1000 ha against 3,744 1000 ha in Norway, a difference of 5,137 1000 ha.

That makes Eastern Europe's figure about 2.4 times Norway's.

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

Eastern Europe ranks 5th and Norway ranks 5th of 26 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Europe Norway Difference Ahead
2000s 9,861 1000 ha 4,027 1000 ha 5,834 1000 ha Eastern Europe
2010s 8,949 1000 ha 4,155 1000 ha 4,794 1000 ha Eastern Europe
2020s 8,798 1000 ha 3,941 1000 ha 4,857 1000 ha Eastern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, Eastern Europe or Norway?
Eastern Europe, at 8,881 1000 ha against 3,744 1000 ha in Norway as of 2024.
What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between Eastern Europe and Norway?
5,137 1000 ha, with Eastern Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Europe and Norway?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Eastern Europe and Norway rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
Eastern Europe ranks 5th and Norway ranks 5th of 26 groups.
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

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.