Permanent snow and glaciers β Area from MODIS in Antarctica
Antarctica: Permanent snow and glaciers β Area from MODIS was 1.18 million 1000 ha in 2024. β¬ Flat
Permanent snow and glaciers β Area from MODIS in Antarctica, 2001β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis in Antarctica is 1.18 million 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis in Antarctica peaked at 1.18 million 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.18 million 1000 ha, in 2001.
Antarctica ranks 1st of 240 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.18 million 1000 ha | 1.18 million 1000 ha | 1.18 million 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.18 million 1000 ha | 1.18 million 1000 ha | 1.18 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.18 million 1000 ha | 1.18 million 1000 ha | 1.18 million 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Antarctica
More environment data for Antarctica
- Standard Deviation 0.474 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.37 Β°C (2025)
- Mangroves β Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrub-covered areas β Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Permanent snow and glaciers β Area from CCI_LC 1.18 million 1000 ha (2022)
- Inland water bodies β Area from CCI_LC 33,779 1000 ha (2022)
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas β Area from CCI_LC 10.16 1000 ha (2022)
- Terrestrial barren land β Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis in Antarctica?
- Permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis in Antarctica was 1.18 million 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis recorded in Antarctica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 million 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis recorded in Antarctica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.18 million 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Antarctica rank for permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis?
- Antarctica ranks 1st out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis rising or falling in Antarctica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Antarctica 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 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 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.