Arable land — Area in Honduras
Honduras: Arable land — Area was 1,018 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Arable land — Area in Honduras, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 1,018 1000 ha for arable land — area in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land — area in Honduras peaked at 1,683 1000 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1,018 1000 ha, in 2008.
That places Honduras 124th out of 248 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Arable land — Area in Honduras, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,295 1000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,305 1000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 1,310 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 1,313 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 1,318 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 1,324 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 1,330 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 1,332 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 1,328 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 1,330 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 1,333 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 1,368 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 1,378 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 1,384 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 1,413 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 1,438 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 1,503 1000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 1,504 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 1,494 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 1,484 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 1,481 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 1,476 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 1,467 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 1,464 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 1,455 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 1,451 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 1,441 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 1,431 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 1,446 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 1,462 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 1,492 1000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 1,515 1000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 1,683 1000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 1,650 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 1,600 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 1,600 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,520 1000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 1,520 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,468 1000 ha | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 1,068 1000 ha | -27.2% |
| 2001 | 1,068 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,068 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,068 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,050 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 1,050 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,050 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,050 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,018 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,018 1000 ha | +0.0% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 1,018 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,653 1000 ha, 62% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 1,018 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 125 1000 ha, 8.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land — Area in Honduras changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -27.2% | 1,468 1000 ha | 1,068 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,317 1000 ha | 1,295 1000 ha | 1,332 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,414 1000 ha | 1,330 1000 ha | 1,504 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,460 1000 ha | 1,431 1000 ha | 1,484 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,551 1000 ha | 1,462 1000 ha | 1,683 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,051 1000 ha | 1,018 1000 ha | 1,068 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,018 1000 ha | 1,018 1000 ha | 1,018 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,018 1000 ha | 1,018 1000 ha | 1,018 1000 ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Honduras
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.6894 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.9224 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.224 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.03 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.0307 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land — area in Honduras?
- Arable land — area in Honduras was 1,018 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest arable land — area recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 1,683 1000 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest arable land — area recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,018 1000 ha in 2008.
- How does Honduras rank for arable land — area?
- Honduras ranks 124th out of 248 countries with data for 2024.
- Is arable land — area rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Arable land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.