Permanent snow and glaciers β€” Area from CGLS in New Zealand

New Zealand: Permanent snow and glaciers β€” Area from CGLS was 160.98 1000 ha in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
160.98 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
17th
of 42 countries
All-time high
160.98 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
159.3 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Permanent snow and glaciers β€” Area from CGLS in New Zealand, 2015–2019

0501001502015201720192015: 159.3 1000 ha2016: 159.8 1000 ha2017: 160.3 1000 ha2018: 160.8 1000 ha2019: 161 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

New Zealand recorded 160.98 1000 ha for permanent snow and glaciers β€” area from cgls in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over five years.

New Zealand ranks 17th of 42 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 14 Afghanistan 398.32 1000 ha compare
  2. 15 Pakistan 333.23 1000 ha compare
  3. 16 Peru 188.57 1000 ha compare
  4. 17 Australia and New Zealand 160.98 1000 ha compare
  5. 19 Kazakhstan 151.08 1000 ha compare
  6. 20 Switzerland 137.04 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 77 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is permanent snow and glaciers β€” area from cgls in New Zealand?
Permanent snow and glaciers β€” area from cgls in New Zealand was 160.98 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest permanent snow and glaciers β€” area from cgls recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 160.98 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers β€” area from cgls recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 159.3 1000 ha in 2015.
How does New Zealand rank for permanent snow and glaciers β€” area from cgls?
New Zealand ranks 17th out of 42 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this New Zealand data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Permanent snow and glaciers β€” Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Permanent snow and glaciers β€” 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
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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 UniversitΓ© 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.