Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Türkiye
Türkiye: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS was 9.73 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Türkiye, 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 Türkiye stood at 9.73 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.9% on the previous year and up 52.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Türkiye peaked at 14.26 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2 1000 ha, in 2006.
That places Türkiye 3rd out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9.62 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 5.16 1000 ha | -46.4% |
| 2003 | 4.47 1000 ha | -13.4% |
| 2004 | 6.1 1000 ha | +36.5% |
| 2005 | 2.99 1000 ha | -51.0% |
| 2006 | 2 1000 ha | -33.1% |
| 2007 | 5.31 1000 ha | +165.5% |
| 2008 | 5.5 1000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 5.46 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 4.08 1000 ha | -25.3% |
| 2011 | 4.23 1000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 4.53 1000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 5.05 1000 ha | +11.5% |
| 2014 | 6.4 1000 ha | +26.7% |
| 2015 | 5.54 1000 ha | -13.4% |
| 2016 | 9.43 1000 ha | +70.2% |
| 2017 | 8.92 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 8.03 1000 ha | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 8.18 1000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 9.54 1000 ha | +16.6% |
| 2021 | 14.26 1000 ha | +49.5% |
| 2022 | 11.13 1000 ha | -21.9% |
| 2023 | 10.57 1000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2024 | 9.73 1000 ha | -7.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Türkiye changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +165.5% | 2 1000 ha | 5.31 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.18 1000 ha | 2 1000 ha | 9.62 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 6.44 1000 ha | 4.08 1000 ha | 9.43 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.05 1000 ha | 9.54 1000 ha | 14.26 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Türkiye
- 1 Antarctica 1.18 million 1000 ha compare
- 2 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 15.28 1000 ha compare
- 2 Greenland 186,005 1000 ha compare
- 3 Canada 24,922 1000 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.5 1000 ha compare
- 4 Russian Federation 8,881 1000 ha compare
- 5 Norway 3,744 1000 ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 0.11 1000 ha compare
- 6 China 2,848 1000 ha compare
- 6 China, mainland 2,848 1000 ha compare
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 1000 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 1000 ha
- 6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 1000 ha
- 6 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 1000 ha
- 6 Republic of Moldova 0 1000 ha
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 0 1000 ha
- 6 Timor-Leste 0 1000 ha
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 1000 ha
- 6 Viet Nam 0 1000 ha
- 6 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 1000 ha
- 6 Melanesia 0 1000 ha compare
- 6 Micronesia 0 1000 ha compare
- 6 Polynesia 0 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Türkiye
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.66 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.91 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.628 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.93 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -3.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value 42.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 3.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value, annual growth rate -26.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, gaps filled 209,778 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Türkiye?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Türkiye was 9.73 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 Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 14.26 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 1000 ha in 2006.
- How does Türkiye rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- Türkiye ranks 3rd out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye 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.