Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Honduras
Honduras: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 186,555 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Honduras, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 186,555 ha for oil palm fruit — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.1% on the previous year and up 43.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Honduras peaked at 225,000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,889 ha, in 1965.
Honduras ranks 12th of 41 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Honduras, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,991 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,019 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 1,973 ha | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 1,943 ha | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 1,889 ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 2,074 ha | +9.8% |
| 1967 | 2,302 ha | +11.0% |
| 1968 | 2,555 ha | +11.0% |
| 1969 | 2,836 ha | +11.0% |
| 1970 | 3,148 ha | +11.0% |
| 1971 | 3,317 ha | +5.4% |
| 1972 | 3,876 ha | +16.9% |
| 1973 | 5,436 ha | +40.2% |
| 1974 | 5,962 ha | +9.7% |
| 1975 | 7,671 ha | +28.7% |
| 1976 | 7,710 ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 13,255 ha | +71.9% |
| 1978 | 15,298 ha | +15.4% |
| 1979 | 18,557 ha | +21.3% |
| 1980 | 17,787 ha | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 20,234 ha | +13.8% |
| 1982 | 20,386 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 20,520 ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 20,523 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 22,327 ha | +8.8% |
| 1986 | 23,112 ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 20,301 ha | -12.2% |
| 1988 | 22,618 ha | +11.4% |
| 1989 | 23,788 ha | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 24,569 ha | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 26,734 ha | +8.8% |
| 1992 | 30,133 ha | +12.7% |
| 1993 | 20,528 ha | -31.9% |
| 1994 | 31,000 ha | +51.0% |
| 1995 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 32,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 33,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 34,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 51,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2002 | 56,000 ha | +9.8% |
| 2003 | 61,000 ha | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 69,000 ha | +13.1% |
| 2005 | 75,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 80,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 86,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 93,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 100,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 105,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 110,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 117,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 125,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 130,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 155,000 ha | +19.2% |
| 2016 | 175,000 ha | +12.9% |
| 2017 | 180,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 190,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 190,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 200,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 210,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 217,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 225,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 186,555 ha | -17.1% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 186,555 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 41,647 ha, 4.5× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 186,555 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 100,000 ha, 1.9× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil palm fruit — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +71.9% | 7,710 ha | 13,255 ha |
| 1994 | +51.0% | 20,528 ha | 31,000 ha |
| 2001 | +50.0% | 34,000 ha | 51,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,176 ha | 1,889 ha | 2,836 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,423 ha | 3,148 ha | 18,557 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,160 ha | 17,787 ha | 23,788 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,296 ha | 20,528 ha | 33,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 70,500 ha | 34,000 ha | 100,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 147,700 ha | 105,000 ha | 190,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 207,711 ha | 186,555 ha | 225,000 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 oil palm fruit — area harvested in Honduras?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Honduras was 186,555 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 225,000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,889 ha in 1965.
- How does Honduras rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Honduras ranks 12th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil palm fruit — 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.