Yields of key staple crops in Honduras
Honduras: Yields of key staple crops was 0.5336 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yields of key staple crops in Honduras, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
In 2024, yields of key staple crops in Honduras stood at 0.5336 tonnes per hectare.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops in Honduras peaked at 1 tonnes per hectare in 1978 and was at its lowest, 0.475 tonnes per hectare, in 1999.
Honduras ranks 122nd of 125 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8401 tonnes per hectare | 0.7824 tonnes per hectare | 0.8799 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8543 tonnes per hectare | 0.7778 tonnes per hectare | 1 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6173 tonnes per hectare | 0.5667 tonnes per hectare | 0.7778 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5777 tonnes per hectare | 0.475 tonnes per hectare | 0.6667 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5338 tonnes per hectare | 0.5 tonnes per hectare | 0.575 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5423 tonnes per hectare | 0.5362 tonnes per hectare | 0.5508 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.534 tonnes per hectare | 0.5291 tonnes per hectare | 0.5375 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Honduras
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.27 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 13.3% (2025)
- Rural population 4.48 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 40.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.3% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.3% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 410,005 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of key staple crops in Honduras?
- Yields of key staple crops in Honduras was 0.5336 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields of key staple crops recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 1 tonnes per hectare in 1978.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.475 tonnes per hectare in 1999.
- How does Honduras rank for yields of key staple crops?
- Honduras ranks 122nd out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.