Permanent snow and glaciers β€” Area from CGLS in Western Africa

Western Africa: Permanent snow and glaciers β€” Area from CGLS was 0 1000 ha in 2019. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0 1000 ha
Rank
22nd
of 28 groups
All-time high
0 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
0 1000 ha
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Permanent snow and glaciers β€” Area from CGLS in Western Africa, 2015–2019

00.20.40.60.812015201720192015: 0 1000 ha2016: 0 1000 ha2017: 0 1000 ha2018: 0 1000 ha2019: 0 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2019, permanent snow and glaciers β€” area from cgls in Western Africa stood at 0 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That places Western Africa 22nd out of 28 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Countries ranked near Western Africa

  1. 19 Kazakhstan, Republic of 151.08 1000 ha compare
  2. 20 Switzerland 137.04 1000 ha compare
  3. 21 Bhutan 88.45 1000 ha compare
  4. 22 Georgia 60.1 1000 ha compare
  5. 23 Austria 52.25 1000 ha compare
  6. 24 Italy 49.42 1000 ha compare
  7. 25 Mongolia 49.32 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 Western Africa?
Permanent snow and glaciers β€” area from cgls in Western Africa was 0 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 Western Africa?
The highest recorded value was 0 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers β€” area from cgls recorded in Western Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 ha in 2015.
How does Western Africa rank for permanent snow and glaciers β€” area from cgls?
Western Africa ranks 22nd out of 28 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this Western Africa 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.