Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Northern Europe

Northern Europe: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS was 2,450 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
2,450 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.7%
Rank
5th
of 7 groups
All-time high
2,450 1000 ha
in 2019
All-time low
2,370 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

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

05001.0k1.5k2.0k2.5k2015201720192015: 2.4k 1000 ha2016: 2.4k 1000 ha2017: 2.4k 1000 ha2018: 2.4k 1000 ha2019: 2.5k 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 Northern Europe is 2,450 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.4% over five years.

Countries ranked near Northern Europe

  1. 2 Canada 15,284 1000 ha compare
  2. 3 China 6,310 1000 ha compare
  3. 3 China, mainland 6,310 1000 ha compare
  4. 5 Chile 2,795 1000 ha compare
  5. 6 Russian Federation 2,697 1000 ha compare
  6. 7 Norway 1,279 1000 ha compare
  7. 8 Iceland 1,132 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Northern Europe?
Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Northern Europe was 2,450 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 Northern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 2,450 1000 ha in 2019.
What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls recorded in Northern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 2,370 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Northern Europe rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls?
Northern Europe ranks 5th out of 7 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this Northern Europe 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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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.