Northern Africa vs Sweden: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS

Northern Africa
0 1000 ha
in 2024
Sweden
41.11 1000 ha
in 2024
Northern Africa rank
22nd
Sweden rank
22nd

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time

  • Northern Africa
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 41.11 1000 ha against 0 1000 ha in Northern Africa, a difference of 41.11 1000 ha.

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

Northern Africa ranks 22nd and Sweden ranks 22nd of 26 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Northern Africa Sweden Difference Ahead
2000s 0.2922 1000 ha 52.22 1000 ha 51.93 1000 ha Sweden
2010s 0.7 1000 ha 55.87 1000 ha 55.17 1000 ha Sweden
2020s 0.15 1000 ha 68.99 1000 ha 68.84 1000 ha Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, Northern Africa or Sweden?
Sweden, at 41.11 1000 ha against 0 1000 ha in Northern Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between Northern Africa and Sweden?
41.11 1000 ha, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and Sweden?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Northern Africa and Sweden rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
Northern Africa ranks 22nd and Sweden ranks 22nd 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.