IJIS is now at 4,242,650 km2. This is below the 2011 and 2015 minimum, so 2016 is now the official third lowest on record. To reach 2007, 2016 have to drop 176,911 km2. It is equivalent to a daily drop of 14.7k km2, if it reach 2012 on September 12th. To reach the "Less than 4M km2" mark on the same date, it will have to drop 20.2 km2 on a daily basis.
Year Minimum Difference Avg. Drop Sep-12
2007 4,065,739 176,911 14.7
2011 4,269,199 -26,549
2012 3,177,455 1,065,195 88.8
2015 4,257,003 -14,353
3,999,999 242,651 20.2