Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in Oceania

Oceania: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC was 134.01 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
134.01 1000 ha
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
14th
of 29 groups
All-time high
134.03 1000 ha
in 1992
All-time low
134.01 1000 ha
in 1996
Years of data
31
1992–2022

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

0501001501992200720221992: 134 1000 ha1993: 134 1000 ha1994: 134 1000 ha1995: 134 1000 ha1996: 134 1000 ha1997: 134 1000 ha1998: 134 1000 ha1999: 134 1000 ha2000: 134 1000 ha2001: 134 1000 ha2002: 134 1000 ha2003: 134 1000 ha2004: 134 1000 ha2005: 134 1000 ha2006: 134 1000 ha2007: 134 1000 ha2008: 134 1000 ha2009: 134 1000 ha2010: 134 1000 ha2011: 134 1000 ha2012: 134 1000 ha2013: 134 1000 ha2014: 134 1000 ha2015: 134 1000 ha2016: 134 1000 ha2017: 134 1000 ha2018: 134 1000 ha2019: 134 1000 ha2020: 134 1000 ha2021: 134 1000 ha2022: 134 1000 ha

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

Analysis

Oceania recorded 134.01 1000 ha for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in 2022. That is the lowest 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 Oceania peaked at 134.03 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 134.01 1000 ha, in 1996.

That places Oceania 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 134.02 1000 ha 134.01 1000 ha 134.03 1000 ha 8
2000s 134.01 1000 ha 134.01 1000 ha 134.01 1000 ha 10
2010s 134.01 1000 ha 134.01 1000 ha 134.01 1000 ha 10
2020s 134.01 1000 ha 134.01 1000 ha 134.01 1000 ha 3

Countries ranked near Oceania

  1. 11 India 739.64 1000 ha compare
  2. 12 Argentina 645.21 1000 ha compare
  3. 13 Kyrgyzstan 584.57 1000 ha compare
  4. 14 Nepal 470.94 1000 ha compare
  5. 15 Afghanistan 322.06 1000 ha compare
  6. 16 Peru 297.67 1000 ha compare
  7. 17 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 270.93 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 Oceania?
Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Oceania was 134.01 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 Oceania?
The highest recorded value was 134.03 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc recorded in Oceania?
The lowest recorded value was 134.01 1000 ha in 1996.
How does Oceania rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc?
Oceania ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2022.
Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Oceania?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Oceania 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

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.