Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in Northern America
Northern America: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC was 201,278 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in Northern America, 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 Northern America is 201,278 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 Northern America peaked at 201,278 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 201,278 1000 ha, in 1997.
Northern America ranks 3rd of 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in Northern America, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 201,278 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 201,278 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 201,278 1000 ha | 201,278 1000 ha | 201,278 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 201,278 1000 ha | 201,278 1000 ha | 201,278 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 201,278 1000 ha | 201,278 1000 ha | 201,278 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 201,278 1000 ha | 201,278 1000 ha | 201,278 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 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
- 6 Russian Federation 5,356 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Northern America
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 40.32 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 11.92 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 2.59 million 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Northern America?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Northern America was 201,278 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 201,278 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 201,278 1000 ha in 1997.
- How does Northern America rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc?
- Northern America ranks 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2022.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Northern America 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.