Forest land — Share in Land area in Honduras
Honduras: Forest land — Share in Land area was 52.83 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Share in Land area in Honduras, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — share in land area in Honduras is 52.83 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Honduras peaked at 68.32 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 52.83 %, in 2024.
Honduras ranks 56th of 231 countries on this measure, in the top 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 | 66.25 % | 64.18 % | 68.32 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.17 % | 60.62 % | 63.72 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.17 % | 55.37 % | 60.28 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.73 % | 52.83 % | 54.63 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 53 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 53.44 % compare
- 54 Northern Mariana Islands 53.3 % compare
- 55 Cayman Islands 53 % compare
- 57 Peru 52.7 % compare
- 58 Guam 52.26 % compare
- 59 Grenada 51.45 % compare
More environment data for Honduras
- Standard Deviation 0.224 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.03 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 60,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 60,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 1,893 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 1,207 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 10,334 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 7,795 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 121,936 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 166,645 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Honduras?
- Forest land — share in land area in Honduras was 52.83 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 68.32 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.83 % in 2024.
- How does Honduras rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Honduras ranks 56th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. 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 — Share in 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.