Forest area in Honduras
Honduras: Forest area was 5.86 million hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Honduras, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 5.86 million hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Honduras peaked at 7.64 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 5.86 million hectares, in 2025.
That places Honduras 70th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.41 million hectares | 7.18 million hectares | 7.64 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.96 million hectares | 6.78 million hectares | 7.13 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.51 million hectares | 6.20 million hectares | 6.74 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.99 million hectares | 5.86 million hectares | 6.11 million hectares | 6 |
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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 forest area in Honduras?
- Forest area in Honduras was 5.86 million hectares 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 forest area recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 7.64 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.86 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Honduras rank for forest area?
- Honduras ranks 70th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. 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 Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.