Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Honduras

Honduras: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures was 17.5 percent in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
17.5 percent
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
95th
of 208 countries
All-time high
17.5 percent
in 2021
All-time low
13.41 percent
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Honduras, 1961–2023

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in percent.

Analysis

In 2023, share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Honduras stood at 17.5 percent. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is up 8.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Honduras peaked at 17.5 percent in 2021 and was at its lowest, 13.41 percent, in 1961.

Honduras ranks 95th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 13.41 percent 13.41 percent 13.41 percent 9
1970s 13.41 percent 13.41 percent 13.41 percent 10
1980s 13.46 percent 13.41 percent 13.95 percent 10
1990s 13.56 percent 13.41 percent 13.7 percent 10
2000s 14.88 percent 13.48 percent 15.75 percent 10
2010s 16.44 percent 15.82 percent 17.12 percent 10
2020s 17.47 percent 17.37 percent 17.5 percent 4

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Honduras?
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Honduras was 17.5 percent in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures recorded in Honduras?
The highest recorded value was 17.5 percent in 2021.
What is the lowest share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures recorded in Honduras?
The lowest recorded value was 13.41 percent in 1961.
How does Honduras rank for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures?
Honduras ranks 95th out of 208 countries with data for 2023.
Is share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures rising or falling in Honduras?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures
Unit
percent
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
210 places, 12,094 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Permanent meadows and pastures are areas used permanently (five years or more) for herbaceous forage crops, either cultivated or growing wild (wild prairie or grazing land).