Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in China, mainland
China, mainland: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS was 6,310 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in China, mainland, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2019, permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in China, mainland stood at 6,310 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 7.1% over five years.
That places China, mainland 3rd out of 42 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5,890 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 5,974 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 6,078 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 6,183 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 6,310 1000 ha | +2.1% |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 1 Greenland 152,405 1000 ha compare
- 2 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 63.25 1000 ha compare
- 2 Canada 15,284 1000 ha compare
- 3 China 6,310 1000 ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5.61 1000 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 1.38 1000 ha compare
- 5 Chile 2,795 1000 ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 0.46 1000 ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 2,697 1000 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.11 1000 ha compare
More environment data for China, mainland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Permanent crops — Area 20,142 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,591 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 27.68 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 108,466 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 128,608 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.09 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 13.7 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in China, mainland?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in China, mainland was 6,310 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 6,310 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,890 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does China, mainland rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls?
- China, mainland ranks 3rd out of 42 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this China, mainland 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
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.