Rice — Area harvested in Honduras
Honduras: Rice — Area harvested was 6,664 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested in Honduras, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Honduras stood at 6,664 ha.
The figure is down 30.1% on the previous year and down 66.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Honduras peaked at 24,347 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 3,168 ha, in 2000.
That places Honduras 85th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Honduras, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,081 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,635 ha | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 8,490 ha | -11.9% |
| 1964 | 8,122 ha | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 8,869 ha | +9.2% |
| 1966 | 9,280 ha | +4.6% |
| 1967 | 9,711 ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 10,191 ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 10,694 ha | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 11,222 ha | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 11,776 ha | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 12,358 ha | +4.9% |
| 1973 | 13,549 ha | +9.6% |
| 1974 | 14,218 ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 20,692 ha | +45.5% |
| 1976 | 17,998 ha | -13.0% |
| 1977 | 24,347 ha | +35.3% |
| 1978 | 15,526 ha | -36.2% |
| 1979 | 19,118 ha | +23.1% |
| 1980 | 19,678 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 21,212 ha | +7.8% |
| 1982 | 15,048 ha | -29.1% |
| 1983 | 21,767 ha | +44.7% |
| 1984 | 17,850 ha | -18.0% |
| 1985 | 17,565 ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 13,717 ha | -21.9% |
| 1987 | 20,763 ha | +51.4% |
| 1988 | 13,527 ha | -34.9% |
| 1989 | 16,899 ha | +24.9% |
| 1990 | 17,570 ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 20,909 ha | +19.0% |
| 1992 | 13,643 ha | -34.8% |
| 1993 | 11,480 ha | -15.9% |
| 1994 | 14,699 ha | +28.0% |
| 1995 | 13,238 ha | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 14,993 ha | +13.3% |
| 1997 | 16,212 ha | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 10,900 ha | -32.8% |
| 1999 | 5,696 ha | -47.7% |
| 2000 | 3,168 ha | -44.4% |
| 2001 | 3,193 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 3,725 ha | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 7,557 ha | +102.9% |
| 2004 | 5,459 ha | -27.8% |
| 2005 | 5,633 ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 5,276 ha | -6.3% |
| 2007 | 9,243 ha | +75.2% |
| 2008 | 9,544 ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 9,090 ha | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 7,364 ha | -19.0% |
| 2011 | 8,522 ha | +15.7% |
| 2012 | 8,999 ha | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 18,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 2014 | 19,606 ha | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 18,593 ha | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 19,040 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 15,275 ha | -19.8% |
| 2018 | 15,096 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 14,357 ha | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 16,644 ha | +15.9% |
| 2021 | 14,208 ha | -14.6% |
| 2022 | 14,045 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 9,527 ha | -32.2% |
| 2024 | 6,664 ha | -30.1% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 6,664 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67,206 ha, 10% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 6,664 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 50,796 ha, 13% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,341 ha | 8,122 ha | 10,694 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,080 ha | 11,222 ha | 24,347 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,803 ha | 13,527 ha | 21,767 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,934 ha | 5,696 ha | 20,909 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,189 ha | 3,168 ha | 9,544 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,485 ha | 7,364 ha | 19,606 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,218 ha | 6,664 ha | 16,644 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 82 French Guiana 8,838 ha compare
- 83 Yugoslav SFR 8,692 ha compare
- 84 Sudan (former) 7,600 ha compare
- 86 Sudan 6,264 ha compare
- 87 Belize 3,460 ha compare
- 88 North Macedonia 3,120 ha compare
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 rice — area harvested in Honduras?
- Rice — area harvested in Honduras was 6,664 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 24,347 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,168 ha in 2000.
- How does Honduras rank for rice — area harvested?
- Honduras ranks 85th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.0%. 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 Rice — 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.