Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS was 6,360 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Eastern Asia, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Eastern Asia is 6,360 1000 ha, measured in 2019. 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 7.2% over five years.
Eastern Asia ranks 5th of 24 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5,934 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 6,019 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 6,125 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 6,231 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 6,360 1000 ha | +2.1% |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 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 China, mainland 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
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.09 1000 ha compare
- 7 Norway 1,279 1000 ha compare
- 8 Iceland 1,132 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 173.25 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 137.00 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 68.03 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Eastern Asia?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Eastern Asia was 6,360 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,360 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,934 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls?
- Eastern Asia ranks 5th out of 24 groups with data for 2019.
- Where does this Eastern 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
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.