China

East Asia

Russia

Eurasia

Iceland

Norway

Europe

Argentina

Latin America

Greenland (Denmark)

None

United States

North America

A map shows the minimum sea ice extent and glacial loss (2010 to 2020), marked by blue circles. The largest glacial loss is in the Gulf of Alaska, 83.1 gigatons, and the smallest in Iceland, Antarctic, and Subantarctic, 3.5 gigatons.

Loss of glacial ice between 1961 and 2016 measured using satellite imagery and field observations.

Glacial Loss 2010-2020

World

Gigatonnes

Fiji

Kiribati

New Zealand

Solomon Is.

Australia & Oceania

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Jamaica

Seychelles

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

South Korea

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Mauritania

Mauritius

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

Mexico

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Tunisia

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Niger

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

A world map shows students per teacher in primary school: Dark green (more than 45) such as eastern parts of Africa (Kenya). Green to light green (20 to 45): India, South Africa, Russia, Brazil. Light yellow (less than 20): U S A, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Glacial Loss 2010-2020							Students per Teacher in Primary School
Russian Arctic	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Greenland	Central Asia	Southern Andes	Iceland	Alaska	Class	Rank	Value