Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Europe
Europe: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS was 5,430 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Europe, 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 Europe is 5,430 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.8% over five years.
Europe ranks 6th of 24 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5,334 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 5,367 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 5,394 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 5,412 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 5,430 1000 ha | +0.3% |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 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
- 9 Tajikistan 1,126 1000 ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 0 1000 ha
- 9 Micronesia 0 1000 ha
- 9 Polynesia 0 1000 ha
More environment data for Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.435 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.71 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 101.18 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 57.94 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 94.14 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 73.33 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 13.89 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Europe?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Europe was 5,430 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 5,430 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,334 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Europe rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls?
- Europe ranks 6th out of 24 groups with data for 2019.
- Where does this Europe 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.