Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Honduras
Honduras: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.1806 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.1806
Change on year
down 5.0%
World rank
143rd
of 163 countries
All-time high
1
in 1961
All-time low
0.1619
in 2018
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Honduras, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Honduras stood at 0.1806.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.0% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Honduras peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1619, in 2018.
That places Honduras 143rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Honduras, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.9955 | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 0.9997 | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 0.9091 | -9.1% |
| 1965 | 0.8897 | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 0.7547 | -15.2% |
| 1967 | 0.6623 | -12.2% |
| 1968 | 0.6258 | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 0.6001 | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 0.6259 | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 0.584 | -6.7% |
| 1972 | 0.5645 | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 0.5967 | +5.7% |
| 1974 | 0.6486 | +8.7% |
| 1975 | 0.8126 | +25.3% |
| 1976 | 0.7058 | -13.1% |
| 1977 | 0.6565 | -7.0% |
| 1978 | 0.6089 | -7.3% |
| 1979 | 0.5572 | -8.5% |
| 1980 | 0.553 | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 0.5304 | -4.1% |
| 1982 | 0.526 | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.5442 | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 0.5745 | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 0.5536 | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 0.5521 | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 0.5196 | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 0.5043 | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 0.4953 | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.4782 | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 0.5034 | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 0.4987 | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.5297 | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 0.5213 | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 0.4993 | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 0.4466 | -10.6% |
| 1997 | 0.4249 | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 0.4317 | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 0.519 | +20.2% |
| 2000 | 0.3419 | -34.1% |
| 2001 | 0.3201 | -6.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3053 | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 0.2715 | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 0.2533 | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 0.2402 | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 0.2405 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.2245 | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 0.2166 | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 0.2138 | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.217 | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.2006 | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 0.1843 | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 0.1976 | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2152 | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 0.1969 | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 0.1835 | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 0.1653 | -9.9% |
| 2018 | 0.1619 | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1667 | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 0.1836 | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 0.184 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.1901 | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.1806 | -5.0% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 0.1806 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2966, 61% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 0.1806 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5184, 35% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8263 | 0.6001 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6361 | 0.5572 | 0.8126 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5353 | 0.4953 | 0.5745 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4853 | 0.4249 | 0.5297 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2628 | 0.2138 | 0.3419 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1889 | 0.1619 | 0.217 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1846 | 0.1806 | 0.1901 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More reference data data for Honduras
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3649 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.7924 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0527 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.4642 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.287 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Honduras?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Honduras was 0.1806 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1619 in 2018.
- How does Honduras rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Honduras ranks 143rd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. 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 (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).