Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Honduras
Honduras: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 2,938 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Honduras, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 2,938 ha for cassava, fresh — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Honduras peaked at 5,100 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 843 ha, in 1982.
Honduras ranks 55th of 93 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.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Honduras, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,799 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,870 ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 3,977 ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 4,022 ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 4,185 ha | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 3,851 ha | -8.0% |
| 1967 | 4,173 ha | +8.4% |
| 1968 | 4,622 ha | +10.8% |
| 1969 | 4,661 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 3,813 ha | -18.2% |
| 1971 | 3,700 ha | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 3,591 ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 3,485 ha | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 3,290 ha | -5.6% |
| 1975 | 3,193 ha | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 3,099 ha | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 3,008 ha | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 2,918 ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 2,995 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 1,294 ha | -56.8% |
| 1981 | 1,363 ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 843 ha | -38.2% |
| 1983 | 852 ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 875 ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 900 ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 910 ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 930 ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 930 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 910 ha | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 1,000 ha | +9.9% |
| 1991 | 1,070 ha | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 1,100 ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 1,231 ha | +11.9% |
| 1994 | 1,285 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 1,424 ha | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 1,539 ha | +8.1% |
| 1997 | 1,888 ha | +22.7% |
| 1998 | 2,164 ha | +14.6% |
| 1999 | 2,500 ha | +15.5% |
| 2000 | 2,501 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,500 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,847 ha | +13.9% |
| 2003 | 3,063 ha | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 4,563 ha | +49.0% |
| 2005 | 5,075 ha | +11.2% |
| 2006 | 5,100 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 4,905 ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 4,905 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,247 ha | -33.8% |
| 2010 | 3,652 ha | +12.5% |
| 2011 | 2,879 ha | -21.2% |
| 2012 | 3,295 ha | +14.4% |
| 2013 | 3,166 ha | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 3,088 ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 3,039 ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 3,098 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 3,075 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 3,002 ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 2,936 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 2,891 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 3,026 ha | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 2,970 ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 2,954 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 2,938 ha | -0.5% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 2,938 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 150,434 ha, 2% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 2,938 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,628 ha, 1.8× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | -56.8% | 2,995 ha | 1,294 ha |
| 2004 | +49.0% | 3,063 ha | 4,563 ha |
| 1982 | -38.2% | 1,363 ha | 843 ha |
| 2009 | -33.8% | 4,905 ha | 3,247 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,129 ha | 3,799 ha | 4,661 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,309 ha | 2,918 ha | 3,813 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 980.7 ha | 843 ha | 1,363 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,520 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,871 ha | 2,500 ha | 5,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,123 ha | 2,879 ha | 3,652 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,956 ha | 2,891 ha | 3,026 ha | 5 |
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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 cassava, fresh — area harvested in Honduras?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Honduras was 2,938 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 5,100 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 843 ha in 1982.
- How does Honduras rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Honduras ranks 55th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. 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 Cassava, fresh — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.