Honduras — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Honduras, 1990–2024.
Forest area for Honduras was 52.83% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1990 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 68.32% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.75% per year.
Honduras ranks 50 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 23%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 49.75%, so Honduras sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 23% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 10%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 16 of 42 economies; Peru (52.70%) is just below it. That is 5% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 23rd of 178 in 1990 → 30th of 207 in 2000 → 35th of 209 in 2010 → 44th of 214 in 2020 → 50th of 209 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2024
| Year | % of land area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52.83% | -0.4 pp |
| 2023 | 53.28% | -0.4 pp |
| 2022 | 53.73% | -0.4 pp |
| 2021 | 54.18% | -0.4 pp |
| 2020 | 54.63% | -0.7 pp |
| 2019 | 55.37% | -0.7 pp |
| 2018 | 56.11% | -0.7 pp |
| 2017 | 56.85% | -0.7 pp |
| 2016 | 57.59% | -0.7 pp |
| 2015 | 58.33% | -0.4 pp |
| 2014 | 58.72% | -0.4 pp |
| 2013 | 59.11% | -0.4 pp |
| 2012 | 59.5% | -0.4 pp |
| 2011 | 59.89% | -0.4 pp |
| 2010 | 60.28% | -0.3 pp |
| 2009 | 60.62% | -0.3 pp |
| 2008 | 60.97% | -0.3 pp |
| 2007 | 61.31% | -0.3 pp |
| 2006 | 61.66% | -0.3 pp |
| 2005 | 62% | -0.3 pp |
| 2004 | 62.34% | -0.3 pp |
| 2003 | 62.69% | -0.3 pp |
| 2002 | 63.03% | -0.3 pp |
| 2001 | 63.37% | -0.3 pp |
| 2000 | 63.72% | -0.5 pp |
| 1999 | 64.18% | -0.5 pp |
| 1998 | 64.64% | -0.5 pp |
| 1997 | 65.1% | -0.5 pp |
| 1996 | 65.56% | -0.5 pp |
| 1995 | 66.02% | -0.5 pp |
| 1994 | 66.48% | -0.5 pp |
| 1993 | 66.94% | -0.5 pp |
| 1992 | 67.4% | -0.5 pp |
| 1991 | 67.86% | -0.5 pp |
| 1990 | 68.32% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Honduras’s Forest area in 1991?
67.86% (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of land area, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Honduras’s Forest area growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -22.7% in total — about 0.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator AG.LND.FRST.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 52.83%; 2023: 53.28%; 2022: 53.73%; 2021: 54.18%; 2020: 54.63%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.