Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Sweden
Sweden: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS was 41.11 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Sweden, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Sweden stood at 41.11 1000 ha.
That represents a change of down 21.4% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Sweden peaked at 106.69 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 29.38 1000 ha, in 2003.
Sweden ranks 22nd 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 | 52.22 1000 ha | 29.38 1000 ha | 69.69 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 55.87 1000 ha | 32.21 1000 ha | 88.17 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.99 1000 ha | 41.11 1000 ha | 106.69 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 19 New Zealand 76.35 1000 ha compare
- 20 Peru 51.17 1000 ha compare
- 21 Switzerland 45.04 1000 ha compare
- 23 Bhutan 36.87 1000 ha compare
- 24 Georgia 35.78 1000 ha compare
- 25 Uzbekistan 29.38 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Sweden
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 6.41 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 161.5 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 4,016 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 1.11 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 15.26 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 454 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.1 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 3 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 84.64 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 2,518 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Sweden?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Sweden was 41.11 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 106.69 1000 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.38 1000 ha in 2003.
- How does Sweden rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- Sweden ranks 22nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.