Honduras vs Madagascar: Annual deforestation as a share of forest area
Honduras
1.2%
in 2020
Madagascar
1.3%
in 2020
Honduras rank
14th
Madagascar rank
13th
Annual deforestation as a share of forest area over time
- Honduras
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 1.3% against 1.2% in Honduras, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Honduras's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Honduras ahead.
Honduras ranks 14th and Madagascar ranks 13th of 105 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Honduras averaged higher in 1 and Madagascar in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Honduras | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Honduras |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 0.1% | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.1% | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual deforestation as a share of forest area, Honduras or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 1.3% against 1.2% in Honduras as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual deforestation as a share of forest area between Honduras and Madagascar?
- 0.1%, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Madagascar?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Honduras and Madagascar rank globally for annual deforestation as a share of forest area?
- Honduras ranks 14th and Madagascar ranks 13th of 105 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 deforestation as a share of forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual deforestation as share of forest area represents the yearly percentage of forest area lost due to deforestation relative to the total forest area.