Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Western Asia
Western Asia: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS was 46.07 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Western Asia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Western Asia is 46.07 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.0% on the previous year and up 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Western Asia peaked at 49.85 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 34.79 1000 ha, in 2002.
Western Asia ranks 15th of 26 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.
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 37.64 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 34.79 1000 ha | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 37.04 1000 ha | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 48.48 1000 ha | +30.9% |
| 2005 | 46.53 1000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 44.72 1000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 45.37 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 45.58 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 44.08 1000 ha | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 42.48 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 40.96 1000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 37.86 1000 ha | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 36.93 1000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 35.02 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 35.8 1000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 45.68 1000 ha | +27.6% |
| 2017 | 48.7 1000 ha | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 44.99 1000 ha | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 42.18 1000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2020 | 41.81 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 49.85 1000 ha | +19.2% |
| 2022 | 48.39 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 47.98 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 46.07 1000 ha | -4.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in Western Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +30.9% | 37.04 1000 ha | 48.48 1000 ha |
| 2016 | +27.6% | 35.8 1000 ha | 45.68 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.69 1000 ha | 34.79 1000 ha | 48.48 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 41.06 1000 ha | 35.02 1000 ha | 48.7 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.82 1000 ha | 41.81 1000 ha | 49.85 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 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
- 16 Nepal 209.99 1000 ha compare
- 17 Pakistan 166.47 1000 ha compare
- 18 Australia and New Zealand 106.54 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 4.72 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 474.77 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Western Asia?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in Western Asia was 46.07 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 49.85 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.79 1000 ha in 2002.
- How does Western Asia rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- Western Asia ranks 15th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.