Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in India
India: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS was 848.73 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in India, 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 India stood at 848.73 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and up 9.7% over five years.
India ranks 10th of 42 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in India, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 773.63 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 782.3 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 788.12 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 820.97 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 848.73 1000 ha | +3.4% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 848.73 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 333.23 1000 ha, 2.5× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near India
- 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
- 11 Kyrgyzstan 826.54 1000 ha compare
- 12 Argentina 589.86 1000 ha compare
- 13 Nepal 504.23 1000 ha compare
More environment data for India
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 11.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 12.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 17.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in India?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in India was 848.73 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 848.73 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 773.63 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does India rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls?
- India ranks 10th out of 42 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this India 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.