Ecuador vs Heard Island and McDonald Islands: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS

Ecuador
2.91 1000 ha
in 2024
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
2.52 1000 ha
in 2024
Ecuador rank
34th
Heard Island and McDonald Islands rank
35th

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time

  • Ecuador
  • Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 2.91 1000 ha against 2.52 1000 ha in Heard Island and McDonald Islands, a difference of 0.39 1000 ha.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.2 times Heard Island and McDonald Islands's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 34th and Heard Island and McDonald Islands ranks 35th of 223 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 2 and Heard Island and McDonald Islands in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Heard Island and McDonald Islands Difference Ahead
2000s 2.77 1000 ha 3.02 1000 ha 0.2478 1000 ha Heard Island and McDonald Islands
2010s 3.01 1000 ha 2.86 1000 ha 0.148 1000 ha Ecuador
2020s 2.74 1000 ha 2.56 1000 ha 0.172 1000 ha Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, Ecuador or Heard Island and McDonald Islands?
Ecuador, at 2.91 1000 ha against 2.52 1000 ha in Heard Island and McDonald Islands as of 2024.
What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between Ecuador and Heard Island and McDonald Islands?
0.39 1000 ha, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Heard Island and McDonald Islands?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Ecuador and Heard Island and McDonald Islands rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
Ecuador ranks 34th and Heard Island and McDonald Islands ranks 35th 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

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.