Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Norway
Norway: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS was 1,279 1000 ha in 2019. ▲ Rising
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Norway, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Norway recorded 1,279 1000 ha for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 5.7% over five years.
That places Norway 7th out of 42 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Norway, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,210 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 1,237 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 1,256 1000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 1,266 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1,279 1000 ha | +1.1% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 1,279 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 94.64 1000 ha, 13.5× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Norway's 1,279 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 46.51 1000 ha, 27.5× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Norway
- 4 Türkiye 1.38 1000 ha compare
- 5 Chile 2,795 1000 ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 0.46 1000 ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 2,697 1000 ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.11 1000 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.09 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
- 10 India 848.73 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Norway
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.9857 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.8118 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.738 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.52 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -3.08 % 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 -0.28 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Norway?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Norway was 1,279 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 1,279 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,210 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Norway rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls?
- Norway ranks 7th out of 42 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Norway 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.