Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS was 1,055 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Southern Asia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 1,055 1000 ha for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.1% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Southern Asia peaked at 1,283 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 652.69 1000 ha, in 2001.
Southern Asia ranks 12th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,014 1000 ha | 652.69 1000 ha | 1,251 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,132 1000 ha | 1,000 1000 ha | 1,251 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,200 1000 ha | 1,055 1000 ha | 1,283 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 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
- 14 Argentina 272.7 1000 ha compare
- 15 Kazakhstan 254.5 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Cropland — Area 238,515 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.52 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 4.25 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 688,043 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 639,262 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 316,834 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 316,451 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 49.5 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,332 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 69.26 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Southern Asia?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Southern Asia was 1,055 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,283 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 652.69 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Southern Asia rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- Southern Asia ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.