Share of marine territorial waters that are protected in Honduras
Honduras: Share of marine territorial waters that are protected was 4.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of marine territorial waters that are protected in Honduras, 2013–2025
Source: Protected Planet WDPA and WD-OECM data, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of territorial waters.
Analysis
In 2025, share of marine territorial waters that are protected in Honduras stood at 4.9%. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of marine territorial waters that are protected in Honduras peaked at 4.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2013.
That places Honduras 65th out of 174 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Share of marine territorial waters that are protected in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.5% | — |
| 2014 | 4.1% | +720.0% |
| 2015 | 4.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4.2% | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 4.6% | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 4.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 4.6% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 4.6% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 4.9% | +6.5% |
| 2025 | 4.9% | +0.0% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 4.9% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.7%, 7.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 4.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.0%, 2.5× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.6% | 0.5% | 4.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.9% | 6 |
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 share of marine territorial waters that are protected in Honduras?
- Share of marine territorial waters that are protected in Honduras was 4.9% in 2025, according to Protected Planet WDPA and WD-OECM data, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of marine territorial waters that are protected recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 4.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of marine territorial waters that are protected recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2013.
- How does Honduras rank for share of marine territorial waters that are protected?
- Honduras ranks 65th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of marine territorial waters that are protected rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from Protected Planet WDPA and WD-OECM data, UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of marine territorial waters that are protected. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Marine protected areas are regions of intertidal or sub-tidal land and associated water, flora and fauna, and cultural and historical features that have been legally or effectively reserved for protection.