Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Albania
Albania: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS was 0.06 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Albania, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Albania recorded 0.06 1000 ha for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 76.9% on the previous year and down 89.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Albania peaked at 0.67 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.06 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places Albania 42nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Albania, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.67 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 0.43 1000 ha | -35.8% |
| 2003 | 0.3 1000 ha | -30.2% |
| 2004 | 0.32 1000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 0.34 1000 ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 0.41 1000 ha | +20.6% |
| 2007 | 0.34 1000 ha | -17.1% |
| 2008 | 0.32 1000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 0.3 1000 ha | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 0.37 1000 ha | +23.3% |
| 2011 | 0.3 1000 ha | -18.9% |
| 2012 | 0.24 1000 ha | -20.0% |
| 2013 | 0.56 1000 ha | +133.3% |
| 2014 | 0.56 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.6 1000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 0.47 1000 ha | -21.7% |
| 2017 | 0.41 1000 ha | -12.8% |
| 2018 | 0.37 1000 ha | -9.8% |
| 2019 | 0.3 1000 ha | -18.9% |
| 2020 | 0.28 1000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 0.34 1000 ha | +21.4% |
| 2022 | 0.32 1000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 0.26 1000 ha | -18.8% |
| 2024 | 0.06 1000 ha | -76.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Albania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +133.3% | 0.24 1000 ha | 0.56 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3811 1000 ha | 0.3 1000 ha | 0.67 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.418 1000 ha | 0.24 1000 ha | 0.6 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.252 1000 ha | 0.06 1000 ha | 0.34 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Albania
More environment data for Albania
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.6356 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.8208 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.434 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2018)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.89 % 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 -11.58 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Albania?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Albania was 0.06 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.67 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.06 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Albania rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- Albania ranks 42nd out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 89.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Albania 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 MODIS. 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.