Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in Iceland
Iceland: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC was 1,108 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in Iceland, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 1,108 1000 ha for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc 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 Iceland peaked at 1,108 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1,108 1000 ha, in 1992.
Iceland ranks 9th of 241 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,108 1000 ha | 1,108 1000 ha | 1,108 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,108 1000 ha | 1,108 1000 ha | 1,108 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,108 1000 ha | 1,108 1000 ha | 1,108 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,108 1000 ha | 1,108 1000 ha | 1,108 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More environment data for Iceland
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.04 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 0.05 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 217 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 15.05 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 92.61 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,517 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 7.39 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 121 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.31 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 1.2 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Iceland?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Iceland was 1,108 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,108 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,108 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Iceland rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc?
- Iceland ranks 9th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iceland 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.