Bananas — Area harvested in Honduras
Honduras: Bananas — Area harvested was 14,069 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Area harvested in Honduras, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Honduras stood at 14,069 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Honduras peaked at 48,971 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 8,551 ha, in 2021.
Honduras ranks 42nd of 141 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Honduras, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,555 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,624 ha | -9.9% |
| 1963 | 23,234 ha | -12.7% |
| 1964 | 28,212 ha | +21.4% |
| 1965 | 27,048 ha | -4.1% |
| 1966 | 29,733 ha | +9.9% |
| 1967 | 38,188 ha | +28.4% |
| 1968 | 40,642 ha | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 42,852 ha | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 41,465 ha | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 45,500 ha | +9.7% |
| 1972 | 48,971 ha | +7.6% |
| 1973 | 37,600 ha | -23.2% |
| 1974 | 30,138 ha | -19.8% |
| 1975 | 36,882 ha | +22.4% |
| 1976 | 37,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 38,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 39,500 ha | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 32,152 ha | -18.6% |
| 1980 | 38,200 ha | +18.8% |
| 1981 | 39,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 33,430 ha | -14.3% |
| 1983 | 28,675 ha | -14.2% |
| 1984 | 20,394 ha | -28.9% |
| 1985 | 20,766 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 19,806 ha | -4.6% |
| 1987 | 20,652 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 21,065 ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 21,084 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 21,099 ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 17,483 ha | -17.1% |
| 1992 | 17,483 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 23,327 ha | +33.4% |
| 1994 | 22,385 ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 22,392 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 22,571 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 22,341 ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 22,414 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 22,443 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 22,451 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 22,459 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 16,548 ha | -26.3% |
| 2003 | 17,473 ha | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 19,206 ha | +9.9% |
| 2005 | 20,533 ha | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 20,600 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 23,228 ha | +12.8% |
| 2008 | 23,325 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 23,928 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 22,309 ha | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 21,633 ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 22,817 ha | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 20,700 ha | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 11,766 ha | -43.2% |
| 2015 | 12,994 ha | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 12,954 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 13,106 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 13,833 ha | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 13,873 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 13,390 ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 8,551 ha | -36.1% |
| 2022 | 13,840 ha | +61.9% |
| 2023 | 14,218 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 14,069 ha | -1.0% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 14,069 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,932 ha, 1.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 14,069 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,955 ha, 2.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Honduras changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +61.9% | 8,551 ha | 13,840 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,788 ha | 23,234 ha | 42,852 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,721 ha | 30,138 ha | 48,971 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,307 ha | 19,806 ha | 39,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,394 ha | 17,483 ha | 23,327 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,975 ha | 16,548 ha | 23,928 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,598 ha | 11,766 ha | 22,817 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,814 ha | 8,551 ha | 14,218 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
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More agriculture & rural data for Honduras
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1332 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 479.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.513 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4075 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Honduras?
- Bananas — area harvested in Honduras was 14,069 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 48,971 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,551 ha in 2021.
- How does Honduras rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Honduras ranks 42nd out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.6%. 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, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.