Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS was 0.66 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Eastern Africa, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 0.66 1000 ha for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 13.8% over five years.
That places Eastern Africa 19th out of 24 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.58 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 0.58 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.58 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.66 1000 ha | +13.8% |
| 2019 | 0.66 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 16 Peru 188.57 1000 ha compare
- 17 New Zealand 160.98 1000 ha compare
- 17 Australia and New Zealand 160.98 1000 ha compare
- 19 Kazakhstan 151.08 1000 ha compare
- 20 Switzerland 137.04 1000 ha compare
- 21 Bhutan 88.45 1000 ha compare
- 21 Caribbean 0 1000 ha
- 22 Georgia 60.1 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eastern Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 107,047 million USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 97,059 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 4.52 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 17.47 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 11.13 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Eastern Africa?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Eastern Africa was 0.66 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.66 1000 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.58 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls?
- Eastern Africa ranks 19th out of 24 groups with data for 2019.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.