Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in New Zealand

New Zealand: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC was 109.03 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
109.03 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
22nd
of 224 countries
All-time high
109.04 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
109.03 1000 ha
in 1996
Years of data
31
1992–2022

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in New Zealand, 1992–2022

02550751001992200720221992: 109 1000 ha1993: 109 1000 ha1994: 109 1000 ha1995: 109 1000 ha1996: 109 1000 ha1997: 109 1000 ha1998: 109 1000 ha1999: 109 1000 ha2000: 109 1000 ha2001: 109 1000 ha2002: 109 1000 ha2003: 109 1000 ha2004: 109 1000 ha2005: 109 1000 ha2006: 109 1000 ha2007: 109 1000 ha2008: 109 1000 ha2009: 109 1000 ha2010: 109 1000 ha2011: 109 1000 ha2012: 109 1000 ha2013: 109 1000 ha2014: 109 1000 ha2015: 109 1000 ha2016: 109 1000 ha2017: 109 1000 ha2018: 109 1000 ha2019: 109 1000 ha2020: 109 1000 ha2021: 109 1000 ha2022: 109 1000 ha

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

Analysis

New Zealand recorded 109.03 1000 ha for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest 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 New Zealand peaked at 109.04 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 109.03 1000 ha, in 1996.

That places New Zealand 22nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in New Zealand, 1992 to 2022.
Year 1000 ha Change
1992 109.04 1000 ha
1993 109.04 1000 ha +0.0%
1994 109.04 1000 ha +0.0%
1995 109.04 1000 ha +0.0%
1996 109.03 1000 ha -0.0%
1997 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
1998 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
1999 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2000 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2001 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2002 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2003 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2004 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2005 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2006 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2007 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2008 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2009 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2010 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2011 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2012 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2013 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2014 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2015 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2016 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2017 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2018 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2019 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2020 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2021 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%
2022 109.03 1000 ha +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 109.03 1000 ha 109.03 1000 ha 109.04 1000 ha 8
2000s 109.03 1000 ha 109.03 1000 ha 109.03 1000 ha 10
2010s 109.03 1000 ha 109.03 1000 ha 109.03 1000 ha 10
2020s 109.03 1000 ha 109.03 1000 ha 109.03 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 19 Australia and New Zealand 134.01 1000 ha compare
  2. 20 Kazakhstan 113.34 1000 ha compare
  3. 21 Bhutan 113.14 1000 ha compare
  4. 23 Switzerland 104.17 1000 ha compare
  5. 24 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 70.12 1000 ha compare
  6. 25 Mongolia 60.15 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in New Zealand?
Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in New Zealand was 109.03 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 New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 109.04 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 109.03 1000 ha in 1996.
How does New Zealand rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc?
New Zealand ranks 22nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this New Zealand 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
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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.