Environment
Honduras
Climate
subtropical in the lowland areas, temperate in the mountainous regions
Land use
other
14.8% (2023 est.)
forest
53.3% (2023 est.)
agricultural land
32% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 9.1% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 5.4% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 17.5% (2023 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
60.2% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
2.48% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Waste and recycling
municipal solid waste generated annually
2.162 million tons (2024 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled
10.3% (2022 est.)
Environmental issues
deforestation due to logging and agricultural expansion; land degradation and soil erosion resulting from overdevelopment and inadequate land management; mining operations contaminating Lago de Yojoa (the largest freshwater source in the country) as well as other rivers and streams
Total water withdrawal
municipal
315 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
industrial
114 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
agricultural
1.178 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions
total emissions
10.534 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from coal and metallurgical coke
324,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from petroleum and other liquids
10.21 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Particulate matter emissions
19.1 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Total renewable water resources
92.164 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
International environmental agreements
party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified
none of the selected agreements