Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in France

France: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS was 43.6 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
43.6 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
27th
of 52 countries
All-time high
43.6 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
42.54 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

0102030402015201720192015: 42.5 1000 ha2016: 42.7 1000 ha2017: 43.1 1000 ha2018: 43.4 1000 ha2019: 43.6 1000 ha

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 France is 43.6 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.5% over five years.

That places France 27th out of 52 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near France

  1. 24 Austria 52.25 1000 ha compare
  2. 25 Italy 49.42 1000 ha compare
  3. 26 Mongolia 49.32 1000 ha compare
  4. 28 Sweden 38.62 1000 ha compare
  5. 29 Ecuador 13.18 1000 ha compare
  6. 30 Uzbekistan 12.36 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in France?
Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in France was 43.6 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 France?
The highest recorded value was 43.6 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls recorded in France?
The lowest recorded value was 42.54 1000 ha in 2015.
How does France rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls?
France ranks 27th out of 52 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this France 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.