Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Central Asia
Central Asia: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS was 1,534 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Central Asia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Central Asia is 1,534 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Central Asia peaked at 1,978 1000 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 947.68 1000 ha, in 2001.
That places Central Asia 10th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 947.68 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,013 1000 ha | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 1,168 1000 ha | +15.3% |
| 2004 | 1,440 1000 ha | +23.3% |
| 2005 | 1,616 1000 ha | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 1,584 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 1,509 1000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 1,476 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 1,805 1000 ha | +22.2% |
| 2010 | 1,978 1000 ha | +9.6% |
| 2011 | 1,972 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,915 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 1,864 1000 ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 1,751 1000 ha | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 1,695 1000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 1,798 1000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 1,828 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 1,911 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 1,962 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 1,855 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 1,815 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 1,805 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,548 1000 ha | -14.2% |
| 2024 | 1,534 1000 ha | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,396 1000 ha | 947.68 1000 ha | 1,805 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,867 1000 ha | 1,695 1000 ha | 1,978 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,711 1000 ha | 1,534 1000 ha | 1,855 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia
- 8 Chile 1,505 1000 ha compare
- 9 Iceland 1,161 1000 ha compare
- 10 Tajikistan 831.24 1000 ha compare
- 11 Kyrgyzstan 413.61 1000 ha compare
- 12 Afghanistan 323.54 1000 ha compare
- 13 India 314.76 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Central Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.724 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 3.05 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 89,684 t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 339,499 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 60,266 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 338,315 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 74.52 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Central Asia?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Central Asia was 1,534 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 Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,978 1000 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 947.68 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Central Asia rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- Central Asia ranks 10th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central Asia 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.