Greenland vs Russian Federation: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time
- Greenland
- Russian Federation
How they compare
Greenland currently reports 186,005 1000 ha against 8,881 1000 ha in Russian Federation, a difference of 177,124 1000 ha.
That makes Greenland's figure about 20.9 times Russian Federation's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Greenland has been ahead every year.
Greenland ranks 2nd and Russian Federation ranks 4th of 223 countries.
Greenland has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greenland | Russian Federation | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 186,132 1000 ha | 9,861 1000 ha | 176,271 1000 ha | Greenland |
| 2010s | 186,526 1000 ha | 8,949 1000 ha | 177,577 1000 ha | Greenland |
| 2020s | 176,541 1000 ha | 8,798 1000 ha | 167,743 1000 ha | Greenland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, Greenland or Russian Federation?
- Greenland, at 186,005 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 Greenland and Russian Federation?
- 177,124 1000 ha, with Greenland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and Russian Federation?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Greenland and Russian Federation rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- Greenland ranks 2nd and Russian Federation ranks 4th 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
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.