Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in Greenland
Greenland: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC was 176,239 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in Greenland, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Greenland is 176,239 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Greenland peaked at 176,239 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 176,239 1000 ha, in 1992.
Greenland ranks 2nd of 241 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 176,239 1000 ha | 176,239 1000 ha | 176,239 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 176,239 1000 ha | 176,239 1000 ha | 176,239 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 176,239 1000 ha | 176,239 1000 ha | 176,239 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 176,239 1000 ha | 176,239 1000 ha | 176,239 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 1 Antarctica 1.18 million 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 Greenland
- Capture fisheries production 331,285 metric tons (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 0.59 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 243.11 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.59 % (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 22 t (2024)
- Total fisheries production 331,315 metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0075 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0008 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Greenland?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Greenland was 176,239 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 Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 176,239 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 176,239 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Greenland rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc?
- Greenland ranks 2nd out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Greenland 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.