Annual forest expansion in Honduras
Honduras: Annual forest expansion was 20,640 hectares per year in 2020. ▲ Rising
Annual forest expansion in Honduras, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual forest expansion in Honduras is 20,640 hectares per year, measured in 2020.
The figure is down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Honduras peaked at 22,950 hectares per year in 2010 and was at its lowest, 12,250 hectares per year, in 2000.
Honduras ranks 19th of 110 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15,900 hectares per year | 15,900 hectares per year | 15,900 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 12,250 hectares per year | 12,250 hectares per year | 12,250 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 21,450 hectares per year | 19,950 hectares per year | 22,950 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 20,640 hectares per year | 20,640 hectares per year | 20,640 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Honduras
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 24.39 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.25 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 5.22 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4693 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0009 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0071 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 9.4 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0174 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0245 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Honduras?
- Annual forest expansion in Honduras was 20,640 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual forest expansion recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 22,950 hectares per year in 2010.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,250 hectares per year in 2000.
- How does Honduras rank for annual forest expansion?
- Honduras ranks 19th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual forest expansion. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).