Permanent snow and glaciers β Area from MODIS in New Zealand
New Zealand: Permanent snow and glaciers β Area from MODIS was 76.35 1000 ha in 2024. βΌ Falling
Permanent snow and glaciers β Area from MODIS in New Zealand, 2001β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis in New Zealand stood at 76.35 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis in New Zealand peaked at 149.45 1000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 76.35 1000 ha, in 2024.
That places New Zealand 19th out of 218 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 | 130.02 1000 ha | 105.02 1000 ha | 149.45 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 95.07 1000 ha | 87.71 1000 ha | 100.85 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.83 1000 ha | 76.35 1000 ha | 86.12 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 16 Nepal 209.99 1000 ha compare
- 17 Pakistan 166.47 1000 ha compare
- 18 Australia and New Zealand 106.54 1000 ha compare
- 20 Anguilla, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 0 1000 ha compare
- 20 Cook Islands 0 1000 ha compare
- 20 Mayotte 0 1000 ha compare
- 20 Montserrat, United Kingdom-British Overseas Territory 0 1000 ha compare
- 20 Niue 0 1000 ha compare
- 20 Peru 51.17 1000 ha compare
- 20 Tokelau 0 1000 ha compare
- 21 Switzerland 45.04 1000 ha compare
- 22 Sweden 41.11 1000 ha compare
More environment data for New Zealand
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.379 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 341,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 1.38 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 15,836 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 21,938 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 175,467 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 276,479 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 279,819 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis in New Zealand?
- Permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis in New Zealand was 76.35 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 149.45 1000 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.35 1000 ha in 2024.
- How does New Zealand rank for permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis?
- New Zealand ranks 19th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Permanent snow and glaciers β 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 UniversitΓ© 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.