Forest land — Area in Honduras
Honduras: Forest land — Area was 5,861 1000 ha in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Area in Honduras, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 5,861 1000 ha for forest land — 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 land — area in Honduras peaked at 7,644 1000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 5,861 1000 ha, in 2025.
That places Honduras 80th out of 249 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.
Forest land — Area in Honduras, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 7,644 1000 ha | — |
| 1991 | 7,593 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 7,541 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 7,490 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 7,438 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 7,387 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 7,335 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 7,284 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 7,232 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 7,181 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 7,129 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 7,091 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 7,053 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 7,014 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 6,976 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 6,937 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 6,899 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 6,860 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 6,822 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 6,783 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 6,745 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 6,701 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 6,658 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 6,614 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 6,571 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 6,527 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 6,444 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 6,361 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 6,278 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 6,195 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 6,112 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 6,062 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 6,012 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 5,962 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 5,912 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 5,861 1000 ha | -0.8% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 5,861 1000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,483 1000 ha, 1.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 5,861 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 650.58 1000 ha, 9.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,413 1000 ha | 7,181 1000 ha | 7,644 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,956 1000 ha | 6,783 1000 ha | 7,129 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,509 1000 ha | 6,195 1000 ha | 6,745 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,987 1000 ha | 5,861 1000 ha | 6,112 1000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
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 forest land — area in Honduras?
- Forest land — area in Honduras was 5,861 1000 ha in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — area recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 7,644 1000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — area recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,861 1000 ha in 2025.
- How does Honduras rank for forest land — area?
- Honduras ranks 80th out of 249 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — 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, published as part of Forest land — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.