Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Mongolia
Mongolia: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS was 49.32 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Mongolia, 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 Mongolia stood at 49.32 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 11.4% over five years.
Mongolia ranks 25th of 42 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 44.27 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 45.59 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 47.21 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 48.2 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 49.32 1000 ha | +2.3% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 49.32 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10.38 1000 ha, 4.8× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 49.32 1000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 49.32 1000 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More environment data for Mongolia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.5 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.602 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.37 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 11.35 % 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 1.42 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Mongolia?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Mongolia was 49.32 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 49.32 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.27 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Mongolia rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls?
- Mongolia ranks 25th out of 42 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.