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

Latest (2019)
848.73 1000 ha
Change on year
up 3.4%
World rank
10th
of 52 countries
All-time high
848.73 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
773.63 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

02004006008002015201720192015: 773.6 1000 ha2016: 782.3 1000 ha2017: 788.1 1000 ha2018: 821 1000 ha2019: 848.7 1000 ha

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 52 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Countries ranked near India

  1. 7 Norway 1,279 1000 ha compare
  2. 8 Iceland 1,132 1000 ha compare
  3. 9 Tajikistan 1,126 1000 ha compare
  4. 11 Kyrgyzstan 826.54 1000 ha compare
  5. 12 Argentina 589.86 1000 ha compare
  6. 13 Nepal 504.23 1000 ha compare

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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 52 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

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.