Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Greenland
Greenland: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS was 186,005 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Greenland, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Greenland recorded 186,005 1000 ha for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of up 34.7% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Greenland peaked at 188,037 1000 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 138,069 1000 ha, in 2023.
That places Greenland 2nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 186,132 1000 ha | 184,908 1000 ha | 187,075 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 186,526 1000 ha | 185,843 1000 ha | 188,037 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 176,541 1000 ha | 138,069 1000 ha | 186,466 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 1 Antarctica 1.18 million 1000 ha compare
- 3 Canada 24,922 1000 ha compare
- 4 Russian Federation 8,881 1000 ha compare
- 5 Norway 3,744 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Greenland
- Capture fisheries production 331,285 metric tons (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 0.59 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 243.11 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 0.59 % (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 22 t (2024)
- Total fisheries production 331,315 metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0075 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0008 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Greenland?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Greenland was 186,005 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 Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 188,037 1000 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 138,069 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Greenland rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- Greenland ranks 2nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greenland 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.