Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland in Honduras
Honduras: Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland was 5.22 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland in Honduras, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Honduras is 5.22 %, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Honduras peaked at 6.25 % in 2009 and was at its lowest, 3.38 %, in 1961.
Honduras ranks 142nd of 217 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.38 % | — |
| 1962 | 4.03 % | +19.2% |
| 1963 | 4.01 % | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 4.4 % | +9.7% |
| 1965 | 4.39 % | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 4.36 % | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 4.33 % | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 4.31 % | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 4.31 % | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4.29 % | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 4.27 % | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 4.18 % | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 4.15 % | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 4.14 % | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 4.04 % | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 3.95 % | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 3.78 % | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 3.76 % | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 3.76 % | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3.76 % | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3.74 % | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 3.73 % | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 3.73 % | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3.71 % | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 3.71 % | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3.7 % | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 3.7 % | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3.7 % | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3.81 % | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 3.9 % | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 3.96 % | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 3.94 % | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 3.62 % | -8.1% |
| 1994 | 3.67 % | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 3.74 % | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 3.74 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3.89 % | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 4 % | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 4.27 % | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 5.61 % | +31.4% |
| 2001 | 5.61 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5.61 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5.74 % | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 5.78 % | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 5.81 % | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 5.95 % | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 6.15 % | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 6.16 % | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 6.25 % | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 6.01 % | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 5.89 % | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 5.78 % | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 5.78 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5.78 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5.78 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5.78 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5.39 % | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 5.39 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5.39 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 5.39 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 5.39 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5.39 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 5.39 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5.22 % | -3.2% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 5.22 % is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8.25 %, 63% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 5.22 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14.41 %, 36% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +31.4% | 4.27 % | 5.61 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.17 % | 3.38 % | 4.4 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.03 % | 3.76 % | 4.29 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.73 % | 3.7 % | 3.81 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.87 % | 3.62 % | 4.27 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.87 % | 5.61 % | 6.25 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.7 % | 5.39 % | 6.01 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.36 % | 5.22 % | 5.39 % | 5 |
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 land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Honduras?
- Land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland in Honduras was 5.22 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 6.25 % in 2009.
- What is the lowest land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.38 % in 1961.
- How does Honduras rank for land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland?
- Honduras ranks 142nd out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is land area equipped for irrigation — share in cropland rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland. 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.