Mongolia vs South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS

Mongolia
13.76 1000 ha
in 2024
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
29.28 1000 ha
in 2024
Mongolia rank
29th
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands rank
26th

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time

  • Mongolia
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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How they compare

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands currently reports 29.28 1000 ha against 13.76 1000 ha in Mongolia, a difference of 15.52 1000 ha.

That makes South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands's figure about 2.1 times Mongolia's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has been ahead every year.

Mongolia ranks 29th and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ranks 26th of 223 countries.

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mongolia South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Difference Ahead
2000s 14.21 1000 ha 44.61 1000 ha 30.4 1000 ha South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
2010s 14.38 1000 ha 31.9 1000 ha 17.52 1000 ha South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
2020s 14.49 1000 ha 28.38 1000 ha 13.89 1000 ha South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, Mongolia or South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, at 29.28 1000 ha against 13.76 1000 ha in Mongolia as of 2024.
What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between Mongolia and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
15.52 1000 ha, with South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mongolia and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Mongolia and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
Mongolia ranks 29th and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ranks 26th 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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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.