What is the highest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc recorded in Central Asia?

The highest recorded value was 1,813 1000 ha in 1992.

What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc recorded in Central Asia?

The lowest recorded value was 1,813 1000 ha in 1992.

How does Central Asia rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc?

Central Asia ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.

Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Central Asia?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Central Asia 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.

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in Central Asia

Name: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in Central Asia
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Central Asia: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC was 1,813 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)

1,813 1000 ha

Change on year

unchanged

Rank

12th

of 29 groups

All-time high

1,813 1000 ha

in 1992

All-time low

1,813 1000 ha

in 1992

Years of data

1992–2022

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in Central Asia, 1992–2022

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

Central Asia recorded 1,813 1000 ha for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Central Asia peaked at 1,813 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1,813 1000 ha, in 1992.

Central Asia ranks 12th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	1,813 1000 ha	1,813 1000 ha	1,813 1000 ha	8
2000s	1,813 1000 ha	1,813 1000 ha	1,813 1000 ha	10
2010s	1,813 1000 ha	1,813 1000 ha	1,813 1000 ha	10
2020s	1,813 1000 ha	1,813 1000 ha	1,813 1000 ha	3

Countries ranked near Central Asia

9 Iceland 1,108 1000 ha compare
10 Tajikistan 1,081 1000 ha compare
11 India 739.64 1000 ha compare
12 Argentina 645.21 1000 ha compare
13 Kyrgyzstan 584.57 1000 ha compare
14 Nepal 470.94 1000 ha compare
15 Afghanistan 322.06 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

More environment data for Central Asia

Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 2.07 kg/cap (2024)
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 1.26 kg/cap (2024)
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.77 g/Int$ (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 18,549 t (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 170,406 t (2024)
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 4.35 kg/ha (2024)
Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 84.75 USD (2024)
Agriculture — Area 293,868 1000 ha (2024)
Country area — Area 400,636 1000 ha (2024)
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 2.64 kg/ha (2024)

All data for Central Asia →

Frequently asked questions

What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Central Asia?: Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Central Asia was 1,813 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 Central Asia?: The highest recorded value was 1,813 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc recorded in Central Asia?: The lowest recorded value was 1,813 1000 ha in 1992.
How does Central Asia rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc?: Central Asia ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Central Asia?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Central Asia 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

Indicator: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

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.