Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Bhutan
Bhutan: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS was 36.87 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Bhutan, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Bhutan stood at 36.87 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Bhutan peaked at 63.01 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 36.87 1000 ha, in 2024.
Bhutan ranks 23rd of 240 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.99 1000 ha | 46.4 1000 ha | 63.01 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 47.11 1000 ha | 44.2 1000 ha | 50.15 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.96 1000 ha | 36.87 1000 ha | 46.53 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 20 Peru 51.17 1000 ha compare
- 21 Switzerland 45.04 1000 ha compare
- 22 Sweden 41.11 1000 ha compare
- 24 Georgia 35.78 1000 ha compare
- 25 Uzbekistan 29.38 1000 ha compare
- 26 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 29.28 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Bhutan
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 31.23 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 35.6 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 23 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 10.83 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 78.37 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 413 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 2.66 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 14 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 18.98 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 100 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Bhutan?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Bhutan was 36.87 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 63.01 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.87 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does Bhutan rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- Bhutan ranks 23rd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.