Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Switzerland
Switzerland: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS was 137.04 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Switzerland, 2015–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 137.04 1000 ha for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.9% over five years.
That places Switzerland 20th out of 42 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from CGLS in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 134.46 1000 ha | — |
| 2016 | 135.06 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 135.52 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 136.47 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 137.04 1000 ha | +0.4% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 137.04 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 94.64 1000 ha, 1.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 137.04 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 46.51 1000 ha, 2.9× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 17 New Zealand 160.98 1000 ha compare
- 17 Australia and New Zealand 160.98 1000 ha compare
- 19 Kazakhstan 151.08 1000 ha compare
- 21 Bhutan 88.45 1000 ha compare
- 21 Caribbean 0 1000 ha
- 22 Georgia 60.1 1000 ha compare
- 23 Austria 52.25 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Switzerland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.2925 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.4333 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.458 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.33 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 11.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2741 % 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 0.0914 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Switzerland?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls in Switzerland was 137.04 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 137.04 1000 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 134.46 1000 ha in 2015.
- How does Switzerland rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from cgls?
- Switzerland ranks 20th out of 42 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.