Permanent snow and glaciers β Area from MODIS in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Permanent snow and glaciers β Area from MODIS was 11.29 1000 ha in 2024. βΌ Falling
Permanent snow and glaciers β Area from MODIS in Southern Europe, 2001β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 11.29 1000 ha for permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.9% on the previous year and down 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis in Southern Europe peaked at 29.57 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 10.46 1000 ha, in 2023.
Southern Europe ranks 11th of 44 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.04 1000 ha | 16.27 1000 ha | 29.57 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 15.99 1000 ha | 13.62 1000 ha | 18.44 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.9 1000 ha | 10.46 1000 ha | 15.43 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 8 Chile 1,505 1000 ha compare
- 9 Iceland 1,161 1000 ha compare
- 10 Tajikistan, Republic of 831.24 1000 ha compare
- 11 Kyrgyz Republic 413.61 1000 ha compare
- 12 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 323.54 1000 ha compare
- 13 India 314.76 1000 ha compare
- 14 Argentina 272.7 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.323 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 Β°C (2025)
- Roundwood β Production 73.08 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous β Production 48.29 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous β Production 24.80 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood β Export value 783,078 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood β Export quantity 6.44 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood β Import value 850,367 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood β Import quantity 7.13 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis in Southern Europe?
- Permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis in Southern Europe was 11.29 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 29.57 1000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.46 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Southern Europe rank for permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis?
- Southern Europe ranks 11th out of 44 regions with data for 2024.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers β area from modis rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.