Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in World
World: Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS was 1.42 million 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS in World, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
World recorded 1.42 million 1000 ha for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in World peaked at 1.42 million 1000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 1.37 million 1000 ha, in 2023.
World ranks 1st of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.42 million 1000 ha | 1.42 million 1000 ha | 1.42 million 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.42 million 1000 ha | 1.42 million 1000 ha | 1.42 million 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.41 million 1000 ha | 1.37 million 1000 ha | 1.42 million 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Antarctica 1.18 million 1000 ha compare
- 2 Greenland 186,005 1000 ha compare
- 3 Canada 24,922 1000 ha compare
- 4 Russian Federation 8,881 1000 ha compare
More environment data for World
- Standard Deviation 0.208 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.88 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 241.28 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 431.35 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 4.18 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 1.50 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 68.53 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 76.62 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 71.11 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 77.03 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in World?
- Permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis in World was 1.42 million 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 1.42 million 1000 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.37 million 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does World rank for permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis?
- World ranks 1st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is permanent snow and glaciers — area from modis rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this World 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.