Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in Americas
Americas: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC was 205,430 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in Americas, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Americas stood at 205,430 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Americas peaked at 205,431 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 205,430 1000 ha, in 2019.
Americas ranks 2nd of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 205,430 1000 ha | 205,430 1000 ha | 205,431 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 205,430 1000 ha | 205,430 1000 ha | 205,430 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 205,430 1000 ha | 205,430 1000 ha | 205,430 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 205,430 1000 ha | 205,430 1000 ha | 205,430 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 Antarctica 1.18 million 1000 ha compare
- 2 Greenland 176,239 1000 ha compare
- 3 Canada 18,553 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 6,388 1000 ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 6,388 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Americas
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 14.92 kg/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.36 ha/cap (2024)
- Arable land — Area 347,983 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 31.51 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 16.06 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 15.65 million t (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 29,878 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 19.01 million t (2024)
- Country area — Area 4.65 million 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 41.48 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Americas?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Americas was 205,430 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 205,431 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 205,430 1000 ha in 2019.
- How does Americas rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.