Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Honduras
Honduras: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 408,130 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Honduras, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 408,130 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Honduras peaked at 559,630 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 302,521 ha, in 1961.
That places Honduras 96th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Honduras, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 302,521 ha | — |
| 1962 | 318,926 ha | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 314,969 ha | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 350,988 ha | +11.4% |
| 1965 | 344,171 ha | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 325,472 ha | -5.4% |
| 1967 | 322,018 ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 324,851 ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 327,876 ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 330,744 ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 333,638 ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 336,540 ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 354,162 ha | +5.2% |
| 1974 | 343,757 ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 407,429 ha | +18.5% |
| 1976 | 460,005 ha | +12.9% |
| 1977 | 559,630 ha | +21.7% |
| 1978 | 556,784 ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 424,347 ha | -23.8% |
| 1980 | 420,711 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 418,308 ha | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 347,787 ha | -16.9% |
| 1983 | 382,421 ha | +10.0% |
| 1984 | 449,380 ha | +17.5% |
| 1985 | 350,621 ha | -22.0% |
| 1986 | 403,842 ha | +15.2% |
| 1987 | 392,249 ha | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 408,419 ha | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 434,230 ha | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 465,071 ha | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 525,210 ha | +12.9% |
| 1992 | 516,753 ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 520,265 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 514,203 ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 499,625 ha | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 496,812 ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 482,132 ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 541,593 ha | +12.3% |
| 1999 | 480,425 ha | -11.3% |
| 2000 | 443,377 ha | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 416,706 ha | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 431,637 ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 390,415 ha | -9.6% |
| 2004 | 380,335 ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 368,828 ha | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 390,934 ha | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 447,161 ha | +14.4% |
| 2008 | 392,793 ha | -12.2% |
| 2009 | 406,564 ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 381,161 ha | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 371,372 ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 377,551 ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 423,756 ha | +12.2% |
| 2014 | 361,308 ha | -14.7% |
| 2015 | 400,277 ha | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 371,171 ha | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 410,354 ha | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 428,366 ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 358,528 ha | -16.3% |
| 2020 | 400,217 ha | +11.6% |
| 2021 | 392,657 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 396,282 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 412,233 ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 408,130 ha | -1.0% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 408,130 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 777,524 ha, 52% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 408,130 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 170,633 ha, 2.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 325,755 ha | 302,521 ha | 350,988 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 410,704 ha | 330,744 ha | 559,630 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 400,797 ha | 347,787 ha | 449,380 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 504,209 ha | 465,071 ha | 541,593 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 406,875 ha | 368,828 ha | 447,161 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 388,384 ha | 358,528 ha | 428,366 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 401,904 ha | 392,657 ha | 412,233 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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Honduras?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Honduras was 408,130 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 559,630 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 302,521 ha in 1961.
- How does Honduras rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Honduras ranks 96th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. 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, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.