Forest area in Honduras

Forests covered 52.8% of the land area of Honduras in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Honduras, 2024 52.8% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.4percentage points 2023: 53.3%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Honduras (2024).
Position in 2024 50th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Honduras over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period HondurasWorld
2024 52.8% –
2023 53.3% 31.1%
2022 53.7% 31.1%
2021 54.2% 31.2%
2020 54.6% 31.2%
2019 55.4% 31.2%
2018 56.1% 31.3%
2017 56.9% 31.3%
2016 57.6% 31.3%
2015 58.3% 31.4%
2014 58.7% 31.4%
2013 59.1% 31.4%
2012 59.5% 31.5%
2011 59.9% 31.9%
2010 60.3% 31.9%
2009 60.6% 32.0%
2008 61.0% 32.0%
2007 61.3% 32.1%
2006 61.7% 32.1%
2005 62.0% 32.1%
2004 62.3% 32.2%
2003 62.7% 32.3%
2002 63.0% 32.3%
2001 63.4% 32.3%
2000 63.7% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 53.3% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 58.7%, the figure has changed by −5.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Honduras has the 50th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Honduras
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)