Change forest area share total in Honduras
Honduras: Change forest area share total was -0.8568 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Change forest area share total in Honduras, 1991–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Honduras recorded -0.8568 for change forest area share total in 2025.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, change forest area share total in Honduras peaked at -0.5426 in 2001 and was at its lowest, -1.36, in 2020.
That places Honduras 210th out of 228 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Change forest area share total in Honduras, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.6779 | — |
| 1992 | -0.6826 | +0.7% |
| 1993 | -0.6873 | +0.7% |
| 1994 | -0.692 | +0.7% |
| 1995 | -0.6968 | +0.7% |
| 1996 | -0.7017 | +0.7% |
| 1997 | -0.7067 | +0.7% |
| 1998 | -0.7117 | +0.7% |
| 1999 | -0.7168 | +0.7% |
| 2000 | -0.722 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | -0.5426 | -24.8% |
| 2002 | -0.5456 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | -0.5486 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | -0.5516 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | -0.5547 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | -0.5578 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | -0.5609 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | -0.5641 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | -0.5673 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | -0.5705 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | -0.6497 | +13.9% |
| 2012 | -0.654 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | -0.6583 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | -0.6626 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | -0.667 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | -1.29 | +92.9% |
| 2017 | -1.3 | +1.3% |
| 2018 | -1.32 | +1.3% |
| 2019 | -1.34 | +1.3% |
| 2020 | -1.36 | +1.4% |
| 2021 | -0.8284 | -38.9% |
| 2022 | -0.8353 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | -0.8424 | +0.8% |
| 2024 | -0.8495 | +0.8% |
| 2025 | -0.8568 | +0.9% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's -0.8568 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is -0.0292, 29.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Honduras's -0.8568 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -0.0134, 63.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Change forest area share total 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -92.9% | -0.667 | -1.29 |
| 2021 | +38.9% | -1.36 | -0.8284 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.6971 | -0.7168 | -0.6779 | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.5715 | -0.722 | -0.5426 | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.9111 | -1.34 | -0.5705 | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.9282 | -1.36 | -0.8284 | 6 |
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More environment data for Honduras
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.6484 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.182 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 17.78 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate -26.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is change forest area share total in Honduras?
- Change forest area share total in Honduras was -0.8568 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest change forest area share total recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was -0.5426 in 2001.
- What is the lowest change forest area share total recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.36 in 2020.
- How does Honduras rank for change forest area share total?
- Honduras ranks 210th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is change forest area share total rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Change forest area share total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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