Argentina vs Honduras: Annual forest expansion
Argentina
15,800 hectares per year
in 2020
Honduras
20,640 hectares per year
in 2020
Argentina rank
21st
Honduras rank
19th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Argentina
- Honduras
How they compare
Honduras currently reports 20,640 hectares per year against 15,800 hectares per year in Argentina, a difference of 4,840 hectares per year.
That makes Honduras's figure about 1.3 times Argentina's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Argentina ahead.
Argentina ranks 21st and Honduras ranks 19th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 1 and Honduras in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Honduras | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31,100 hectares per year | 15,900 hectares per year | 15,200 hectares per year | Argentina |
| 2000s | 11,300 hectares per year | 12,250 hectares per year | 950 hectares per year | Honduras |
| 2010s | 10,800 hectares per year | 21,450 hectares per year | 10,650 hectares per year | Honduras |
| 2020s | 15,800 hectares per year | 20,640 hectares per year | 4,840 hectares per year | Honduras |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Argentina or Honduras?
- Honduras, at 20,640 hectares per year against 15,800 hectares per year in Argentina as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Argentina and Honduras?
- 4,840 hectares per year, with Honduras ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Honduras?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Argentina and Honduras rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Argentina ranks 21st and Honduras ranks 19th of 110 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual forest expansion. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).