Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in India
India: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS was 314.76 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in India, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
India recorded 314.76 1000 ha for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of down 18.2% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in India peaked at 421.17 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 180.67 1000 ha, in 2001.
India ranks 13th of 240 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 280.95 1000 ha | 180.67 1000 ha | 381.65 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 341.42 1000 ha | 283.68 1000 ha | 416.21 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 380.86 1000 ha | 314.76 1000 ha | 421.17 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 10 Tajikistan 831.24 1000 ha compare
- 11 Kyrgyzstan 413.61 1000 ha compare
- 12 Afghanistan 323.54 1000 ha compare
- 14 Argentina 272.7 1000 ha compare
- 15 Kazakhstan 254.5 1000 ha compare
- 16 Nepal 209.99 1000 ha compare
More environment data for India
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 44.94 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 75,500 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 31,407 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 3.43 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 5.73 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 10,210 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 7.97 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 14,200 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 86.3 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 153,810 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in India?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in India was 314.76 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 421.17 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 180.67 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does India rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- India ranks 13th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.