Northern America vs Norway: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time
- Northern America
- Norway
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 218,125 1000 ha against 3,744 1000 ha in Norway, a difference of 214,381 1000 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 58.3 times Norway's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
Northern America ranks 3rd and Norway ranks 5th of 26 groups.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern America | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 220,060 1000 ha | 4,027 1000 ha | 216,033 1000 ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 218,933 1000 ha | 4,155 1000 ha | 214,777 1000 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 208,952 1000 ha | 3,941 1000 ha | 205,011 1000 ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, Northern America or Norway?
- Northern America, at 218,125 1000 ha against 3,744 1000 ha in Norway as of 2024.
- What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between Northern America and Norway?
- 214,381 1000 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern America and Norway?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Northern America and Norway rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- Northern America ranks 3rd and Norway ranks 5th 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
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.