Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Austria

Austria: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS was 15.88 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
15.88 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
28th
of 240 countries
All-time high
42.29 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
15.88 1000 ha
in 2024
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Austria, 2001–2024

0102030402001201220242001: 42.3 1000 ha2002: 33.2 1000 ha2003: 27.2 1000 ha2004: 30.1 1000 ha2005: 29.2 1000 ha2006: 26.8 1000 ha2007: 25.1 1000 ha2008: 24.9 1000 ha2009: 25.7 1000 ha2010: 24.7 1000 ha2011: 22 1000 ha2012: 20.6 1000 ha2013: 24 1000 ha2014: 28.3 1000 ha2015: 24 1000 ha2016: 23.2 1000 ha2017: 21.4 1000 ha2018: 19.4 1000 ha2019: 18.8 1000 ha2020: 19.9 1000 ha2021: 22.3 1000 ha2022: 19.1 1000 ha2023: 16 1000 ha2024: 15.9 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2024, permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Austria stood at 15.88 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.

The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 43.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Austria peaked at 42.29 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 15.88 1000 ha, in 2024.

Austria ranks 28th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 29.38 1000 ha 24.88 1000 ha 42.29 1000 ha 9
2010s 22.64 1000 ha 18.81 1000 ha 28.28 1000 ha 10
2020s 18.65 1000 ha 15.88 1000 ha 22.34 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Austria

  1. 25 Uzbekistan 29.38 1000 ha compare
  2. 26 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 29.28 1000 ha compare
  3. 27 Australia 27.67 1000 ha compare
  4. 29 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 15.28 1000 ha compare
  5. 30 Mongolia 13.76 1000 ha compare
  6. 31 Italy 10.63 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Austria?
Permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Austria was 15.88 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 Austria?
The highest recorded value was 42.29 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis recorded in Austria?
The lowest recorded value was 15.88 1000 ha in 2024.
How does Austria rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
Austria ranks 28th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis rising or falling in Austria?
Over the last ten years it is down 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Austria 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

Indicator
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed

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.