Europe vs Russian Federation: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS

Europe
13,906 1000 ha
in 2024
Russian Federation
8,881 1000 ha
in 2024
Europe rank
4th
Russian Federation rank
4th

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time

  • Europe
  • Russian Federation
05.0k10.0k15.0k200120122024

How they compare

Europe currently reports 13,906 1000 ha against 8,881 1000 ha in Russian Federation, a difference of 5,025 1000 ha.

That makes Europe's figure about 1.6 times Russian Federation's.

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

Europe ranks 4th and Russian Federation ranks 4th of 26 regions.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe Russian Federation Difference Ahead
2000s 15,175 1000 ha 9,861 1000 ha 5,314 1000 ha Europe
2010s 14,407 1000 ha 8,949 1000 ha 5,458 1000 ha Europe
2020s 14,016 1000 ha 8,798 1000 ha 5,218 1000 ha Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, Europe or Russian Federation?
Europe, at 13,906 1000 ha against 8,881 1000 ha in Russian Federation as of 2024.
What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between Europe and Russian Federation?
5,025 1000 ha, with Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Russian Federation?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Europe and Russian Federation rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
Europe ranks 4th and Russian Federation ranks 4th of 26 regions.
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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Europe vs Russian Federation: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 23 August 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/permanent-snow-and-glaciers-area-from-modis/europe/russian-federation-2/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/permanent-snow-and-glaciers-area-from-modis/europe/russian-federation-2/">Europe vs Russian Federation: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS</a> — Statizoid

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.