Sugar cane — Area harvested in Honduras
Honduras: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 73,009 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Honduras, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 73,009 ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.9% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Honduras peaked at 85,000 ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 32,600 ha, in 1963.
Honduras ranks 30th of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Honduras, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,200 ha | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 32,600 ha | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 33,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 33,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 35,100 ha | +6.4% |
| 1967 | 38,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 41,400 ha | +8.9% |
| 1969 | 45,900 ha | +10.9% |
| 1970 | 49,600 ha | +8.1% |
| 1971 | 52,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 55,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 52,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 1974 | 48,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1975 | 50,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 55,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 68,000 ha | +23.6% |
| 1979 | 75,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 1980 | 85,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1981 | 70,000 ha | -17.6% |
| 1982 | 62,000 ha | -11.4% |
| 1983 | 52,500 ha | -15.3% |
| 1984 | 44,450 ha | -15.3% |
| 1985 | 44,785 ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 41,820 ha | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 41,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 38,430 ha | -6.3% |
| 1989 | 40,664 ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 40,743 ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 41,734 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 42,750 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 42,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 41,408 ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 42,241 ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 42,752 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 43,935 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 44,986 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 45,975 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 46,936 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 47,924 ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 62,489 ha | +30.4% |
| 2003 | 74,854 ha | +19.8% |
| 2004 | 75,532 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 75,853 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 76,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 75,583 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 76,566 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 69,260 ha | -9.5% |
| 2010 | 75,947 ha | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 75,119 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 69,716 ha | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 61,468 ha | -11.8% |
| 2014 | 63,806 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 61,101 ha | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 63,505 ha | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 67,010 ha | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 70,076 ha | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 68,825 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 63,926 ha | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 61,111 ha | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 70,053 ha | +14.6% |
| 2023 | 68,304 ha | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 73,009 ha | +6.9% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 73,009 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32,772 ha, 2.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 73,009 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,500 ha, 2.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,244 ha | 32,600 ha | 45,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,460 ha | 48,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 52,065 ha | 38,430 ha | 85,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 42,852 ha | 40,743 ha | 45,975 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 68,100 ha | 46,936 ha | 76,566 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 67,657 ha | 61,101 ha | 75,947 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 67,281 ha | 61,111 ha | 73,009 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 27 Ecuador 76,356 ha compare
- 28 El Salvador 76,307 ha compare
- 29 Nicaragua 73,028 ha compare
- 31 Bangladesh 67,723 ha compare
- 32 Sudan 62,527 ha compare
- 33 Sudan (former) 60,480 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Honduras?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Honduras was 73,009 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 85,000 ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,600 ha in 1963.
- How does Honduras rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Honduras ranks 30th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.