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.
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.7% | — |
| 1992 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 1994 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 1995 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 1996 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 1997 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 1999 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2001 | -0.5% | -24.8% |
| 2002 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | -0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | -0.6% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | -0.6% | +13.9% |
| 2012 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | -0.7% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | -1.3% | +92.9% |
| 2017 | -1.3% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | -1.3% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | -1.3% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | -1.4% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | -0.8% | -38.9% |
| 2022 | -0.8% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | -0.8% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | -0.8% | +0.8% |
| 2025 | -0.9% | +0.9% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's -0.9% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is -0.0%, 29.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Honduras's -0.9% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -0.0%, 63.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 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% | -0.7% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | +38.9% | -1.4% | -0.8% |
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 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
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- 211 Mali -1.0% compare
- 212 Myanmar -1.1% compare
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)
- 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)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (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.