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 61st of 249 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Forest land — Share in Land area in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 68.32 % | — |
| 1991 | 67.86 % | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 67.4 % | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 66.94 % | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 66.48 % | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 66.02 % | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 65.56 % | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 65.1 % | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 64.64 % | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 64.18 % | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 63.72 % | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 63.37 % | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 63.03 % | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 62.69 % | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 62.34 % | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 62 % | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 61.66 % | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 61.31 % | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 60.97 % | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 60.62 % | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 60.28 % | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 59.89 % | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 59.5 % | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 59.11 % | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 58.72 % | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 58.33 % | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 57.59 % | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 56.85 % | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 56.11 % | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 55.37 % | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 54.63 % | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 54.18 % | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 53.73 % | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 53.28 % | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 52.83 % | -0.8% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 52.83 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 23.45 %, 2.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 52.83 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 48.2 %, 1.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
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
- 58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 53.44 % compare
- 59 Northern Mariana Islands 53.3 % compare
- 60 Cayman Islands 53 % compare
- 62 Peru 52.7 % compare
- 63 Guam 52.26 % compare
- 64 Grenada 51.45 % 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)
- 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 — 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 61st out of 249 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.