Deforestation statistics for Honduras
Honduras: Demographic data
Population (2022) | 9,904,607 |
Annual population growth rate (2022) | 1.60% |
Population density (people/sq km) | 89 |
Net migration | -6,800 |
Fertility rate | 2.5 |
Median age | 24 |
Urban population share | 57% |
Honduras: Land cover and land use change data
Land area (sq km): 111,890 |
Tree cover (30%) Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 7,740,491 Tree cover extent as % of land area: 69.20% Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 1,188,871 Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 15.40% |
Tropical primary forest Primary forest extent in 2001 (ha): 2,150,092 Primary forest extent as % of land area: 19.20% Primary forest extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 27.80% Primary forest loss from 2002-20 (ha): 398,464 Primary forest loss from 2002-20 as % of 2001 primary forest cover: 18.50% Primary forest extent in 2020 (ha): 1,751,628 Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of land area: 15.70% Primary forest extent in 2020 as % of 2000 tree cover area: 23% |
Honduras: Annual forest and tree cover data
Honduras: Tropical primary forest loss by year All figures in hectares
Year: Hectares 2002: 7,344 2003: 8,856 2004: 7,115 2005: 14,158 2006: 14,166 2007: 12,660 2008: 14,680 2009: 22,180 2010: 21,407 2011: 20,323 2012: 10,008 2013: 16,970 2014: 22,265 2015: 15,366 2016: 46,024 2017: 37,700 2018: 32,645 2019: 32,911 2020: 41,688 |
Honduras: Tree cover loss by year 30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares 2001: 42,380 2002: 31,528 2003: 33,625 2004: 26,455 2005: 40,472 2006: 41,631 2007: 42,412 2008: 43,299 2009: 51,514 2010: 46,085 2011: 52,572 2012: 32,306 2013: 43,632 2014: 57,482 2015: 50,243 2016: 188,443 2017: 113,474 2018: 76,254 2019: 81,416 2020: 93,649 |
Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 1)
Sub-national admin area 1 | Tree cover extent (2001) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha | Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha | Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha | Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-20) % |
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Atlántida | 346,152 | 5,732 | 8,580 | 10,514 | 22,630 | 47,455 | 13.7% |
Intibucá | 219,641 | 3,274 | 4,119 | 4,180 | 11,703 | 23,276 | 10.6% |
Islas de la Bahía | 16,895 | 179 | 416 | 381 | 1,008 | 1,984 | 11.7% |
La Paz | 153,088 | 1,656 | 2,446 | 2,435 | 5,877 | 12,414 | 8.1% |
Lempira | 295,606 | 7,219 | 5,791 | 5,339 | 7,452 | 25,801 | 8.7% |
Ocotepeque | 118,410 | 1,688 | 1,599 | 2,219 | 2,350 | 7,856 | 6.6% |
Olancho | 1,874,708 | 59,052 | 84,567 | 78,000 | 173,505 | 395,123 | 21.1% |
Santa Bárbara | 426,640 | 9,674 | 11,297 | 12,049 | 29,180 | 62,200 | 14.6% |
Valle | 62,054 | 1,933 | 1,378 | 684 | 648 | 4,643 | 7.5% |
Yoro | 555,743 | 11,642 | 13,166 | 16,083 | 41,903 | 82,794 | 14.9% |
Choluteca | 143,540 | 3,511 | 3,571 | 1,357 | 1,332 | 9,771 | 6.8% |
Colón | 705,530 | 28,654 | 36,777 | 40,844 | 65,415 | 171,690 | 24.3% |
Comayagua | 324,106 | 4,977 | 6,573 | 10,524 | 27,933 | 50,008 | 15.4% |
Copán | 238,076 | 4,837 | 3,686 | 6,157 | 11,619 | 26,299 | 11.0% |
Cortés | 265,851 | 4,376 | 6,545 | 8,596 | 21,889 | 41,406 | 15.6% |
El Paraíso | 414,135 | 11,839 | 8,871 | 8,505 | 12,798 | 42,013 | 10.1% |
Francisco Morazán | 489,864 | 6,790 | 8,291 | 5,222 | 44,911 | 65,213 | 13.3% |
Gracias a Dios | 1,090,443 | 7,428 | 17,269 | 23,146 | 71,081 | 118,923 | 10.9% |
Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)
Sub-national admin area 1 | Admin area 2 | Tree cover extent (2000) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha | Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha | Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha | Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-20) % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atlántida | Arizona | 18,772 | 159 | 274 | 484 | 1,311 | 2,227 | 11.9% |
Atlántida | El Porvenir | 17,409 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 61 | 122 | 0.7% |
Atlántida | Esparta | 14,970 | 220 | 460 | 379 | 680 | 1,740 | 11.6% |
Atlántida | Jutiapa | 17,133 | 108 | 257 | 258 | 1,377 | 2,001 | 11.7% |
Atlántida | La Ceiba | 36,757 | 76 | 163 | 253 | 1,070 | 1,562 | 4.2% |
Atlántida | La Masica | 19,568 | 259 | 585 | 618 | 2,122 | 3,584 | 18.3% |
Atlántida | San Francisco | 11,793 | 28 | 46 | 66 | 245 | 386 | 3.3% |
Atlántida | Tela | 24,954 | 148 | 325 | 403 | 866 | 1,742 | 7.0% |
Intibucá | San Francisco de Opalaca | 5,070 | 13 | 41 | 35 | 80 | 169 | 3.3% |
Intibucá | San Isidro | 603 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 37 | 6.2% |
Intibucá | San Juan | 474 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 3.3% |
Intibucá | San Miguelito | 128 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2.8% |
Intibucá | Yamaranguila | 912 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 3.0% |
Intibucá | Intibucá | 8,847 | 56 | 73 | 76 | 814 | 1,019 | 11.5% |
Intibucá | Jesús de Otoro | 721 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 49 | 6.8% |
Intibucá | La Esperanza | 167 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 10.5% |
Intibucá | Masaguara | 1,598 | 3 | 14 | 41 | 150 | 208 | 13.0% |
Islas de la Bahía | Guanaja | 658 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1.4% |
Islas de la Bahía | José Santos Guardiola | 466 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.5% |
Islas de la Bahía | Roatán | 179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0% |
Islas de la Bahía | Utila | 960 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 43 | 63 | 6.6% |
La Paz | Opatoro | 2,359 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 74 | 95 | 4.0% |
La Paz | San Pedro de Tutule | 771 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 2.9% |
La Paz | Santa Ana | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5.5% |
La Paz | Santa María | 178 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4.4% |
La Paz | Santiago de Puringla | 249 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.3% |
La Paz | Chinacla | 975 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 72 | 7.4% |
La Paz | Guajiquiro | 1,019 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 33 | 3.2% |
La Paz | La Paz | 1,831 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 228 | 281 | 15.4% |
La Paz | Marcala | 1,523 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 68 | 4.5% |
Lempira | Belen | 2,277 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 1.0% |
Lempira | Las Flores | 672 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1.2% |
Lempira | Lepaera | 1,043 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0.8% |
Lempira | San Manuel Colohete | 694 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2% |
Lempira | San Rafael | 1,412 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 48 | 3.4% |
Lempira | San Sebastian | 833 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 2.7% |
Lempira | Cololaca | 758 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 2.3% |
Lempira | Gracias | 11,024 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 83 | 0.7% |
Lempira | La Iguala | 3,659 | 32 | 58 | 82 | 126 | 298 | 8.2% |
Ocotepeque | Belén Gualcho | 2,119 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 31 | 86 | 4.0% |
Ocotepeque | San Fernando | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Ocotepeque | San Francisco del Valle | 774 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 1.7% |
Ocotepeque | San Jorge | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.8% |
Ocotepeque | San Marcos | 1,229 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 2.8% |
Ocotepeque | Santa Fé | 1,894 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 1.4% |
Ocotepeque | Sinuapa | 1,584 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 1.2% |
Ocotepeque | Concepción | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.3% |
Ocotepeque | Dolores Merendon | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.7% |
Ocotepeque | La Encarnación | 434 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3% |
Ocotepeque | La Labor | 928 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.4% |
Ocotepeque | Ocotepeque | 1,264 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.2% |
Olancho | Guayape | 1,888 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 116 | 128 | 6.8% |
Olancho | Jano | 2,501 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 166 | 189 | 7.5% |
Olancho | Juticalpa | 2,698 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 79 | 128 | 4.7% |
Olancho | La Unión | 15,896 | 38 | 95 | 815 | 1,874 | 2,822 | 17.8% |
Olancho | Mangulile | 3,809 | 17 | 36 | 62 | 485 | 600 | 15.7% |
Olancho | Patuca | 9,599 | 105 | 231 | 602 | 457 | 1,395 | 14.5% |
Olancho | Salamá | 3,816 | 11 | 24 | 43 | 194 | 272 | 7.1% |
Olancho | San Esteban | 55,136 | 960 | 1,793 | 2,250 | 7,085 | 12,087 | 21.9% |
Olancho | Catacamas | 386,015 | 12,297 | 31,874 | 27,501 | 52,098 | 123,770 | 32.1% |
Olancho | San Francisco de la Paz | 5,929 | 23 | 77 | 76 | 257 | 434 | 7.3% |
Olancho | Santa Maria del Real | 4,697 | 11 | 50 | 61 | 116 | 238 | 5.1% |
Olancho | Silca | 250 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3.1% |
Olancho | Yocón | 2,715 | 11 | 39 | 67 | 333 | 450 | 16.6% |
Olancho | Concordia | 397 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.8% |
Olancho | Dulce Nombre de Culmí | 168,597 | 5,864 | 13,146 | 11,871 | 25,049 | 55,930 | 33.2% |
Olancho | El Rosario | 1,803 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 117 | 153 | 8.5% |
Olancho | Esquipulas del Norte | 5,555 | 112 | 341 | 471 | 1,144 | 2,068 | 37.2% |
Olancho | Gualaco | 26,080 | 443 | 697 | 1,074 | 3,988 | 6,202 | 23.8% |
Olancho | Guata | 3,259 | 56 | 62 | 79 | 514 | 711 | 21.8% |
Santa Bárbara | Ilama | 842 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 96 | 122 | 14.5% |
Santa Bárbara | Las Vegas | 1,702 | 12 | 18 | 47 | 111 | 188 | 11.0% |
Santa Bárbara | Protección | 184 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 15.0% |
Santa Bárbara | Quimistán | 5,914 | 49 | 116 | 120 | 410 | 694 | 11.7% |
Santa Bárbara | San Francisco de Ojuera | 969 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 1.5% |
Santa Bárbara | San José de Colinas | 128 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 11.7% |
Santa Bárbara | San Luis | 3,062 | 42 | 62 | 28 | 175 | 307 | 10.0% |
Santa Bárbara | San Marcos | 390 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 9.1% |
Santa Bárbara | Santa Bárbara | 7,814 | 17 | 34 | 44 | 145 | 240 | 3.1% |
Santa Bárbara | Santa Rita | 115 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9.3% |
Santa Bárbara | Azacualpa | 160 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 37 | 23.2% |
Santa Bárbara | Concepción del Sur | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12.0% |
Santa Bárbara | El Nispero | 988 | 2 | 14 | 26 | 32 | 74 | 7.5% |
Santa Bárbara | Gualala | 1,252 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 67 | 94 | 7.5% |
Valle | Alianza | 6,304 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.1% |
Valle | Amapala | 1,483 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1% |
Valle | Goascorán | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Valle | Nacaome | 4,395 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 0.6% |
Valle | San Lorenzo | 2,256 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0.4% |
Yoro | Yorito | 2,333 | 13 | 32 | 85 | 115 | 246 | 10.5% |
Yoro | Yoro | 21,039 | 284 | 549 | 925 | 2,350 | 4,109 | 19.5% |
Yoro | El Negrito | 153 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5.5% |
Yoro | El Progreso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Yoro | Jocón | 791 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 3.4% |
Yoro | Morazán | 4,565 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 86 | 130 | 2.9% |
Yoro | Olanchito | 42,568 | 682 | 1,056 | 1,219 | 4,560 | 7,517 | 17.7% |
Yoro | Victoria | 3,774 | 30 | 56 | 119 | 205 | 411 | 10.9% |
Choluteca | Choluteca | 3,363 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 33 | 1.0% |
Choluteca | Marcovia | 4,763 | 2 | 23 | 33 | 39 | 97 | 2.0% |
Choluteca | Namasigue | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5% |
Colón | Balfate | 7,412 | 301 | 373 | 492 | 997 | 2,164 | 29.2% |
Colón | Trujillo | 7,152 | 66 | 63 | 110 | 136 | 375 | 5.2% |
Colón | Bonito Oriental | 4,368 | 119 | 149 | 122 | 329 | 719 | 16.5% |
Colón | Iriona | 292,950 | 8,403 | 17,306 | 16,579 | 23,929 | 66,217 | 22.6% |
Colón | Limón | 17,197 | 1,051 | 1,558 | 900 | 1,289 | 4,798 | 27.9% |
Colón | Sabá | 20,688 | 546 | 629 | 670 | 3,513 | 5,358 | 25.9% |
Colón | Santa Fé | 6,093 | 184 | 298 | 402 | 719 | 1,603 | 26.3% |
Colón | Santa Rosa de Aguán | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17.3% |
Colón | Sonaguera | 687 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 109 | 15.9% |
Colón | Tocoa | 35,657 | 878 | 1,549 | 1,808 | 5,354 | 9,589 | 26.9% |
Comayagua | Meámbar | 4,400 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 101 | 146 | 3.3% |
Comayagua | San Jerónimo | 1,213 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 3.3% |
Comayagua | San Sebastián | 68 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 23.1% |
Comayagua | Siguatepeque | 918 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.8% |
Comayagua | Comayagua | 10,393 | 45 | 63 | 103 | 347 | 557 | 5.4% |
Comayagua | Taulabe | 2,743 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 71 | 102 | 3.7% |
Comayagua | Villa de San Antonio | 2,248 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 1,066 | 1,096 | 48.8% |
Comayagua | Esquías | 364 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 51 | 14.0% |
Comayagua | Lamaní | 1,461 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 218 | 246 | 16.8% |
Copán | Cabañas | 507 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 3.3% |
Copán | La Unión | 638 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.5% |
Copán | San Agustín | 110 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3.7% |
Copán | San Antonio | 1,225 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 46 | 95 | 7.8% |
Copán | San Pedro | 308 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.8% |
Copán | Concepción | 137 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7.2% |
Copán | Santa Rita | 2,937 | 37 | 17 | 55 | 163 | 271 | 9.2% |
Copán | Copán Ruinas | 2,319 | 32 | 9 | 21 | 46 | 107 | 4.6% |
Copán | Corquín | 1,484 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 2.4% |
Copán | Cucuyagua | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.6% |
Copán | El Paraíso | 2,227 | 27 | 23 | 27 | 62 | 139 | 6.2% |
Copán | Florida | 2,239 | 19 | 29 | 20 | 77 | 145 | 6.5% |
Cortés | Choloma | 612 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 57 | 9.3% |
Cortés | San Pedro Sula | 26,507 | 167 | 436 | 300 | 944 | 1,848 | 7.0% |
Cortés | Santa Cruz de Yojoa | 2,546 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 50 | 2.0% |
Cortés | Omoa | 8,733 | 98 | 151 | 161 | 432 | 843 | 9.7% |
Cortés | Puerto Cortés | 2,556 | 25 | 50 | 97 | 143 | 315 | 12.3% |
El Paraíso | Teupasenti | 1,004 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 30 | 3.0% |
El Paraíso | Trojes | 29,131 | 554 | 1,119 | 1,298 | 1,292 | 4,263 | 14.6% |
El Paraíso | Yuscarán | 1,901 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 1.5% |
El Paraíso | Danlí | 15,062 | 120 | 275 | 663 | 384 | 1,443 | 9.6% |
El Paraíso | El Paraíso | 2,177 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 1.3% |
El Paraíso | Guinope | 396 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 5.2% |
El Paraíso | Morocelí | 155 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 21.8% |
Francisco Morazán | Marale | 8,032 | 50 | 59 | 92 | 599 | 800 | 10.0% |
Francisco Morazán | San Antonio de Oriente | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8% |
Francisco Morazán | Cedros | 3,727 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 204 | 281 | 7.5% |
Francisco Morazán | San Juan de Flores | 4,106 | 18 | 29 | 38 | 461 | 545 | 13.3% |
Francisco Morazán | Santa Lucía | 538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 40 | 7.4% |
Francisco Morazán | Valle de Ángeles | 818 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 41 | 5.0% |
Francisco Morazán | Vallecillo | 694 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 61 | 125 | 18.0% |
Francisco Morazán | Villa de San Francisco | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% |
Francisco Morazán | Distrito Central | 12,559 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 2,859 | 2,949 | 23.5% |
Francisco Morazán | Guaimaca | 2,607 | 11 | 64 | 49 | 41 | 165 | 6.3% |
Francisco Morazán | Lepaterique | 8,162 | 93 | 163 | 99 | 1,280 | 1,635 | 20.0% |
Gracias a Dios | Ahuas | 8,520 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 75 | 135 | 1.6% |
Gracias a Dios | Brus Laguna | 239,599 | 302 | 1,236 | 3,717 | 17,641 | 22,897 | 9.6% |
Gracias a Dios | Juan Francisco Bulnes | 44,910 | 539 | 2,921 | 2,774 | 4,307 | 10,542 | 23.5% |
Gracias a Dios | Puerto Lempira | 129,917 | 597 | 1,865 | 1,492 | 2,303 | 6,257 | 4.8% |
Gracias a Dios | Ramón Villeda Morales | 5,668 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 72 | 83 | 1.5% |
Gracias a Dios | Wampusirpi | 113,199 | 671 | 1,436 | 1,725 | 6,802 | 10,634 | 9.4% |
Primary forest loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)
Sub-national admin area 1 | Primary forest extent (2000) ha | Primary forest loss (2001-05) ha | Primary forest loss (2006-10) ha | Primary forest loss (2011-15) ha | Primary forest loss (2016-20) ha | Primary forest loss (2001-20) ha | Primary forest loss (2001-20) % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atlántida | 161,357 | 1,005 | 2,129 | 2,498 | 7,731 | 13,363 | 8.3% |
Intibucá | 18,521 | 82 | 145 | 166 | 1,155 | 1,547 | 8.4% |
Islas de la Bahía | 2,263 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 50 | 77 | 3.4% |
La Paz | 8,947 | 27 | 34 | 77 | 446 | 585 | 6.5% |
Lempira | 22,370 | 73 | 92 | 136 | 207 | 509 | 2.3% |
Ocotepeque | 10,454 | 46 | 31 | 41 | 73 | 192 | 1.8% |
Olancho | 700,639 | 19,967 | 48,512 | 45,033 | 94,074 | 207,586 | 29.6% |
Santa Bárbara | 23,561 | 144 | 290 | 328 | 1,101 | 1,864 | 7.9% |
Valle | 14,453 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 42 | 0.3% |
Yoro | 75,223 | 1,013 | 1,703 | 2,389 | 7,343 | 12,448 | 16.5% |
Choluteca | 8,135 | 3 | 32 | 37 | 57 | 130 | 1.6% |
Colón | 392,234 | 11,557 | 21,950 | 21,111 | 36,320 | 90,938 | 23.2% |
Comayagua | 23,808 | 82 | 110 | 222 | 1,848 | 2,262 | 9.5% |
Copán | 14,206 | 136 | 101 | 174 | 418 | 830 | 5.8% |
Cortés | 40,954 | 295 | 649 | 570 | 1,599 | 3,113 | 7.6% |
El Paraíso | 49,826 | 688 | 1,428 | 1,993 | 1,738 | 5,847 | 11.7% |
Francisco Morazán | 41,327 | 225 | 393 | 379 | 5,585 | 6,582 | 15.9% |
Gracias a Dios | 541,812 | 2,120 | 7,485 | 9,743 | 31,201 | 50,548 | 9.3% |
Primary forest loss by year at the subnational area (administrative level 2)
Sub-national admin area 1 | Admin area 2 | Primary forest extent (2001) ha | Primary forest loss (2001-05) ha | Primary forest loss (2006-10) ha | Primary forest loss (2011-15) ha | Primary forest loss (2016-20) ha | Primary forest loss (2001-20) ha | Primary forest loss (2001-20) % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atlántida | Arizona | 18,772 | 159 | 274 | 484 | 1,311 | 2,227 | 11.9% |
Atlántida | El Porvenir | 17,409 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 61 | 122 | 0.7% |
Atlántida | Esparta | 14,970 | 220 | 460 | 379 | 680 | 1,740 | 11.6% |
Atlántida | Jutiapa | 17,133 | 108 | 257 | 258 | 1,377 | 2,001 | 11.7% |
Atlántida | La Ceiba | 36,757 | 76 | 163 | 253 | 1,070 | 1,562 | 4.2% |
Atlántida | La Masica | 19,568 | 259 | 585 | 618 | 2,122 | 3,584 | 18.3% |
Atlántida | San Francisco | 11,793 | 28 | 46 | 66 | 245 | 386 | 3.3% |
Atlántida | Tela | 24,954 | 148 | 325 | 403 | 866 | 1,742 | 7.0% |
Intibucá | San Francisco de Opalaca | 5,070 | 13 | 41 | 35 | 80 | 169 | 3.3% |
Intibucá | San Isidro | 603 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 37 | 6.2% |
Intibucá | San Juan | 474 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 3.3% |
Intibucá | San Miguelito | 128 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2.8% |
Intibucá | Yamaranguila | 912 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 3.0% |
Intibucá | Intibucá | 8,847 | 56 | 73 | 76 | 814 | 1,019 | 11.5% |
Intibucá | Jesús de Otoro | 721 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 49 | 6.8% |
Intibucá | La Esperanza | 167 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 10.5% |
Intibucá | Masaguara | 1,598 | 3 | 14 | 41 | 150 | 208 | 13.0% |
Islas de la Bahía | Guanaja | 658 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1.4% |
Islas de la Bahía | José Santos Guardiola | 466 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.5% |
Islas de la Bahía | Roatán | 179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0% |
Islas de la Bahía | Utila | 960 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 43 | 63 | 6.6% |
La Paz | Opatoro | 2,359 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 74 | 95 | 4.0% |
La Paz | San Pedro de Tutule | 771 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 2.9% |
La Paz | Santa Ana | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5.5% |
La Paz | Santa María | 178 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4.4% |
La Paz | Santiago de Puringla | 249 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.3% |
La Paz | Chinacla | 975 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 72 | 7.4% |
La Paz | Guajiquiro | 1,019 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 33 | 3.2% |
La Paz | La Paz | 1,831 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 228 | 281 | 15.4% |
La Paz | Marcala | 1,523 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 68 | 4.5% |
Lempira | Belen | 2,277 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 1.0% |
Lempira | Las Flores | 672 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1.2% |
Lempira | Lepaera | 1,043 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0.8% |
Lempira | San Manuel Colohete | 694 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2% |
Lempira | San Rafael | 1,412 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 48 | 3.4% |
Lempira | San Sebastian | 833 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 2.7% |
Lempira | Cololaca | 758 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 2.3% |
Lempira | Gracias | 11,024 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 83 | 0.7% |
Lempira | La Iguala | 3,659 | 32 | 58 | 82 | 126 | 298 | 8.2% |
Ocotepeque | Belén Gualcho | 2,119 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 31 | 86 | 4.0% |
Ocotepeque | San Fernando | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Ocotepeque | San Francisco del Valle | 774 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 1.7% |
Ocotepeque | San Jorge | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.8% |
Ocotepeque | San Marcos | 1,229 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 2.8% |
Ocotepeque | Santa Fé | 1,894 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 1.4% |
Ocotepeque | Sinuapa | 1,584 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 1.2% |
Ocotepeque | Concepción | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.3% |
Ocotepeque | Dolores Merendon | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.7% |
Ocotepeque | La Encarnación | 434 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3% |
Ocotepeque | La Labor | 928 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.4% |
Ocotepeque | Ocotepeque | 1,264 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.2% |
Olancho | Guayape | 1,888 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 116 | 128 | 6.8% |
Olancho | Jano | 2,501 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 166 | 189 | 7.5% |
Olancho | Juticalpa | 2,698 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 79 | 128 | 4.7% |
Olancho | La Unión | 15,896 | 38 | 95 | 815 | 1,874 | 2,822 | 17.8% |
Olancho | Mangulile | 3,809 | 17 | 36 | 62 | 485 | 600 | 15.7% |
Olancho | Patuca | 9,599 | 105 | 231 | 602 | 457 | 1,395 | 14.5% |
Olancho | Salamá | 3,816 | 11 | 24 | 43 | 194 | 272 | 7.1% |
Olancho | San Esteban | 55,136 | 960 | 1,793 | 2,250 | 7,085 | 12,087 | 21.9% |
Olancho | Catacamas | 386,015 | 12,297 | 31,874 | 27,501 | 52,098 | 123,770 | 32.1% |
Olancho | San Francisco de la Paz | 5,929 | 23 | 77 | 76 | 257 | 434 | 7.3% |
Olancho | Santa Maria del Real | 4,697 | 11 | 50 | 61 | 116 | 238 | 5.1% |
Olancho | Silca | 250 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3.1% |
Olancho | Yocón | 2,715 | 11 | 39 | 67 | 333 | 450 | 16.6% |
Olancho | Concordia | 397 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.8% |
Olancho | Dulce Nombre de Culmí | 168,597 | 5,864 | 13,146 | 11,871 | 25,049 | 55,930 | 33.2% |
Olancho | El Rosario | 1,803 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 117 | 153 | 8.5% |
Olancho | Esquipulas del Norte | 5,555 | 112 | 341 | 471 | 1,144 | 2,068 | 37.2% |
Olancho | Gualaco | 26,080 | 443 | 697 | 1,074 | 3,988 | 6,202 | 23.8% |
Olancho | Guata | 3,259 | 56 | 62 | 79 | 514 | 711 | 21.8% |
Santa Bárbara | Ilama | 842 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 96 | 122 | 14.5% |
Santa Bárbara | Las Vegas | 1,702 | 12 | 18 | 47 | 111 | 188 | 11.0% |
Santa Bárbara | Protección | 184 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 15.0% |
Santa Bárbara | Quimistán | 5,914 | 49 | 116 | 120 | 410 | 694 | 11.7% |
Santa Bárbara | San Francisco de Ojuera | 969 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 1.5% |
Santa Bárbara | San José de Colinas | 128 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 11.7% |
Santa Bárbara | San Luis | 3,062 | 42 | 62 | 28 | 175 | 307 | 10.0% |
Santa Bárbara | San Marcos | 390 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 9.1% |
Santa Bárbara | Santa Bárbara | 7,814 | 17 | 34 | 44 | 145 | 240 | 3.1% |
Santa Bárbara | Santa Rita | 115 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9.3% |
Santa Bárbara | Azacualpa | 160 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 37 | 23.2% |
Santa Bárbara | Concepción del Sur | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12.0% |
Santa Bárbara | El Nispero | 988 | 2 | 14 | 26 | 32 | 74 | 7.5% |
Santa Bárbara | Gualala | 1,252 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 67 | 94 | 7.5% |
Valle | Alianza | 6,304 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.1% |
Valle | Amapala | 1,483 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1% |
Valle | Goascorán | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Valle | Nacaome | 4,395 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 0.6% |
Valle | San Lorenzo | 2,256 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0.4% |
Yoro | Yorito | 2,333 | 13 | 32 | 85 | 115 | 246 | 10.5% |
Yoro | Yoro | 21,039 | 284 | 549 | 925 | 2,350 | 4,109 | 19.5% |
Yoro | El Negrito | 153 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5.5% |
Yoro | El Progreso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
Yoro | Jocón | 791 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 3.4% |
Yoro | Morazán | 4,565 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 86 | 130 | 2.9% |
Yoro | Olanchito | 42,568 | 682 | 1,056 | 1,219 | 4,560 | 7,517 | 17.7% |
Yoro | Victoria | 3,774 | 30 | 56 | 119 | 205 | 411 | 10.9% |
Choluteca | Choluteca | 3,363 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 33 | 1.0% |
Choluteca | Marcovia | 4,763 | 2 | 23 | 33 | 39 | 97 | 2.0% |
Choluteca | Namasigue | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5% |
Colón | Balfate | 7,412 | 301 | 373 | 492 | 997 | 2,164 | 29.2% |
Colón | Trujillo | 7,152 | 66 | 63 | 110 | 136 | 375 | 5.2% |
Colón | Bonito Oriental | 4,368 | 119 | 149 | 122 | 329 | 719 | 16.5% |
Colón | Iriona | 292,950 | 8,403 | 17,306 | 16,579 | 23,929 | 66,217 | 22.6% |
Colón | Limón | 17,197 | 1,051 | 1,558 | 900 | 1,289 | 4,798 | 27.9% |
Colón | Sabá | 20,688 | 546 | 629 | 670 | 3,513 | 5,358 | 25.9% |
Colón | Santa Fé | 6,093 | 184 | 298 | 402 | 719 | 1,603 | 26.3% |
Colón | Santa Rosa de Aguán | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17.3% |
Colón | Sonaguera | 687 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 109 | 15.9% |
Colón | Tocoa | 35,657 | 878 | 1,549 | 1,808 | 5,354 | 9,589 | 26.9% |
Comayagua | Meámbar | 4,400 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 101 | 146 | 3.3% |
Comayagua | San Jerónimo | 1,213 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 3.3% |
Comayagua | San Sebastián | 68 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 23.1% |
Comayagua | Siguatepeque | 918 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.8% |
Comayagua | Comayagua | 10,393 | 45 | 63 | 103 | 347 | 557 | 5.4% |
Comayagua | Taulabe | 2,743 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 71 | 102 | 3.7% |
Comayagua | Villa de San Antonio | 2,248 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 1,066 | 1,096 | 48.8% |
Comayagua | Esquías | 364 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 51 | 14.0% |
Comayagua | Lamaní | 1,461 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 218 | 246 | 16.8% |
Copán | Cabañas | 507 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 3.3% |
Copán | La Unión | 638 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.5% |
Copán | San Agustín | 110 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3.7% |
Copán | San Antonio | 1,225 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 46 | 95 | 7.8% |
Copán | San Pedro | 308 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.8% |
Copán | Concepción | 137 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7.2% |
Copán | Santa Rita | 2,937 | 37 | 17 | 55 | 163 | 271 | 9.2% |
Copán | Copán Ruinas | 2,319 | 32 | 9 | 21 | 46 | 107 | 4.6% |
Copán | Corquín | 1,484 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 2.4% |
Copán | Cucuyagua | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.6% |
Copán | El Paraíso | 2,227 | 27 | 23 | 27 | 62 | 139 | 6.2% |
Copán | Florida | 2,239 | 19 | 29 | 20 | 77 | 145 | 6.5% |
Cortés | Choloma | 612 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 57 | 9.3% |
Cortés | San Pedro Sula | 26,507 | 167 | 436 | 300 | 944 | 1,848 | 7.0% |
Cortés | Santa Cruz de Yojoa | 2,546 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 50 | 2.0% |
Cortés | Omoa | 8,733 | 98 | 151 | 161 | 432 | 843 | 9.7% |
Cortés | Puerto Cortés | 2,556 | 25 | 50 | 97 | 143 | 315 | 12.3% |
El Paraíso | Teupasenti | 1,004 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 30 | 3.0% |
El Paraíso | Trojes | 29,131 | 554 | 1,119 | 1,298 | 1,292 | 4,263 | 14.6% |
El Paraíso | Yuscarán | 1,901 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 1.5% |
El Paraíso | Danlí | 15,062 | 120 | 275 | 663 | 384 | 1,443 | 9.6% |
El Paraíso | El Paraíso | 2,177 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 1.3% |
El Paraíso | Guinope | 396 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 5.2% |
El Paraíso | Morocelí | 155 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 21.8% |
Francisco Morazán | Marale | 8,032 | 50 | 59 | 92 | 599 | 800 | 10.0% |
Francisco Morazán | San Antonio de Oriente | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8% |
Francisco Morazán | Cedros | 3,727 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 204 | 281 | 7.5% |
Francisco Morazán | San Juan de Flores | 4,106 | 18 | 29 | 38 | 461 | 545 | 13.3% |
Francisco Morazán | Santa Lucía | 538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 40 | 7.4% |
Francisco Morazán | Valle de Ángeles | 818 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 41 | 5.0% |
Francisco Morazán | Vallecillo | 694 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 61 | 125 | 18.0% |
Francisco Morazán | Villa de San Francisco | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0% |
Francisco Morazán | Distrito Central | 12,559 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 2,859 | 2,949 | 23.5% |
Francisco Morazán | Guaimaca | 2,607 | 11 | 64 | 49 | 41 | 165 | 6.3% |
Francisco Morazán | Lepaterique | 8,162 | 93 | 163 | 99 | 1,280 | 1,635 | 20.0% |
Gracias a Dios | Ahuas | 8,520 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 75 | 135 | 1.6% |
Gracias a Dios | Brus Laguna | 239,599 | 302 | 1,236 | 3,717 | 17,641 | 22,897 | 9.6% |
Gracias a Dios | Juan Francisco Bulnes | 44,910 | 539 | 2,921 | 2,774 | 4,307 | 10,542 | 23.5% |
Gracias a Dios | Puerto Lempira | 129,917 | 597 | 1,865 | 1,492 | 2,303 | 6,257 | 4.8% |
Gracias a Dios | Ramón Villeda Morales | 5,668 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 72 | 83 | 1.5% |
Gracias a Dios | Wampusirpi | 113,199 | 671 | 1,436 | 1,725 | 6,802 | 10,634 | 9.4% |
2019 forest data for Honduras | Archived forest data for Honduras | Forest data for Honduras
Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.
Citation: Mongabay. "Deforestation statistics for [selected country name]". Accessed on [date] from worldrainforests.com.
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