Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in Western Asia
Western Asia: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC was 39.79 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CCI_LC in Western Asia, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Western Asia stood at 39.79 1000 ha. 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 Western Asia peaked at 39.79 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 39.79 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Western Asia 12th out of 44 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 39.79 1000 ha | 39.79 1000 ha | 39.79 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 39.79 1000 ha | 39.79 1000 ha | 39.79 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.79 1000 ha | 39.79 1000 ha | 39.79 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.79 1000 ha | 39.79 1000 ha | 39.79 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 9 Iceland 1,108 1000 ha compare
- 10 Tajikistan 1,081 1000 ha compare
- 11 India 739.64 1000 ha compare
- 12 Argentina 645.21 1000 ha compare
- 13 Kyrgyzstan 584.57 1000 ha compare
- 14 Nepal 470.94 1000 ha compare
- 15 Afghanistan 322.06 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 45,596 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 484,480 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 479,195 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Western Asia?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc in Western Asia was 39.79 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 39.79 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.79 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Western Asia rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc?
- Western Asia ranks 12th out of 44 groups with data for 2022.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.