Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Heard Island and McDonald Islands: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS was 2.52 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Heard Island and McDonald Islands, 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 Heard Island and McDonald Islands is 2.52 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Heard Island and McDonald Islands peaked at 3.56 1000 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2.33 1000 ha, in 2001.
Heard Island and McDonald Islands ranks 35th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Heard Island and McDonald Islands, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2.33 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 2.35 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 2.63 1000 ha | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 3.32 1000 ha | +26.2% |
| 2005 | 3.51 1000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 3.56 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 3.28 1000 ha | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 3.28 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2.89 1000 ha | -11.9% |
| 2010 | 2.97 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 3.04 1000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 2.87 1000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 2.72 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 2.72 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2.91 1000 ha | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 2.8 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 2.87 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 2.78 1000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 2.95 1000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 2.78 1000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 2.52 1000 ha | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 2.5 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 2.5 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2.52 1000 ha | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.02 1000 ha | 2.33 1000 ha | 3.56 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 2.86 1000 ha | 2.72 1000 ha | 3.04 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.56 1000 ha | 2.5 1000 ha | 2.78 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Heard Island and McDonald Islands
More environment data for Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.84 Percentage change (2025)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.14 Percentage change (2024)
- Shrub-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Mangroves — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Sparsely natural vegetated areas — Area from CCI_LC 7.63 1000 ha (2022)
- Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Grassland — Area from CCI_LC 1.02 1000 ha (2022)
- Terrestrial barren land — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
- Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC 0 1000 ha (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Heard Island and McDonald Islands?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Heard Island and McDonald Islands was 2.52 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 Heard Island and McDonald Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 3.56 1000 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis recorded in Heard Island and McDonald Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.33 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Heard Island and McDonald Islands rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands ranks 35th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis rising or falling in Heard Island and McDonald Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Heard Island and McDonald Islands 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.