Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Central Asia

Central Asia: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS was 2,116 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
2,116 1000 ha
Change on year
up 1.6%
Rank
12th
of 25 groups
All-time high
2,116 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
1,942 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Central Asia, 2015–2019

05001.0k1.5k2.0k2015201720192015: 1.9k 1000 ha2016: 2.0k 1000 ha2017: 2.1k 1000 ha2018: 2.1k 1000 ha2019: 2.1k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2019, permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Central Asia stood at 2,116 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 8.9% over five years.

Central Asia ranks 12th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Central Asia

  1. 9 Tajikistan 1,126 1000 ha compare
  2. 10 India 848.73 1000 ha compare
  3. 11 Kyrgyzstan 826.54 1000 ha compare
  4. 12 Argentina 589.86 1000 ha compare
  5. 13 Nepal 504.23 1000 ha compare
  6. 14 Afghanistan 398.32 1000 ha compare
  7. 15 Pakistan 333.23 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Central Asia?
Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Central Asia was 2,116 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls recorded in Central Asia?
The highest recorded value was 2,116 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls recorded in Central Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 1,942 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Central Asia rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls?
Central Asia ranks 12th out of 25 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this Central 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 CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
77 places, 385 data points, 2015–2019
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.