Peru vs Switzerland: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS

Peru
51.17 1000 ha
in 2024
Switzerland
45.04 1000 ha
in 2024
Peru rank
20th
Switzerland rank
21st

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS over time

  • Peru
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 51.17 1000 ha against 45.04 1000 ha in Switzerland, a difference of 6.13 1000 ha.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Switzerland ahead.

Peru ranks 20th and Switzerland ranks 21st of 240 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 2 and Switzerland in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Peru Switzerland Difference Ahead
2000s 56.4 1000 ha 66.96 1000 ha 10.56 1000 ha Switzerland
2010s 64.83 1000 ha 54.08 1000 ha 10.75 1000 ha Peru
2020s 56.73 1000 ha 48.18 1000 ha 8.56 1000 ha Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis, Peru or Switzerland?
Peru, at 51.17 1000 ha against 45.04 1000 ha in Switzerland as of 2024.
What is the difference in permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis between Peru and Switzerland?
6.13 1000 ha, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Switzerland?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Peru and Switzerland rank globally for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
Peru ranks 20th and Switzerland ranks 21st of 240 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

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.