Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Honduras
Honduras: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita was -0.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Honduras, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Honduras stood at -0.9%.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Honduras peaked at -0.5% in 2001 and was at its lowest, -1.4%, in 2020.
That places Honduras 209th out of 227 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.7% | -0.7% | -0.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.6% | -0.7% | -0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.9% | -1.3% | -0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.9% | -1.4% | -0.8% | 6 |
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- 206 Seychelles -0.8% compare
- 207 Mozambique -0.8% compare
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- 210 Iraq -1.0% compare
- 211 Mali -1.0% compare
- 212 Myanmar -1.1% compare
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 change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Honduras?
- Annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Honduras was -0.9% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was -0.5% in 2001.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.4% in 2020.
- How does Honduras rank for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Honduras ranks 209th out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita 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 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.