Ecuador vs Honduras
Ecuador vs Honduras: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 49.7% in Ecuador and 52.8% in Honduras, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Honduras, by 3.1 percentage points, or 1.06 times that in Ecuador.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Honduras has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Ecuador ranked 60 and Honduras ranked 50 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Ecuador | Honduras | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49.7 | 52.8 | – |
| 2023 | 49.8 | 53.3 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 49.9 | 53.7 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 50.1 | 54.2 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 50.2 | 54.6 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 50.5 | 55.4 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 50.8 | 56.1 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 51 | 56.9 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 51.3 | 57.6 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 51.6 | 58.3 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 51.8 | 58.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 52 | 59.1 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 52.1 | 59.5 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 52.3 | 59.9 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 52.5 | 60.3 | 32 |
| 2009 | 52.7 | 60.6 | 32 |
| 2008 | 53 | 61 | 32 |
| 2007 | 53.3 | 61.3 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 53.6 | 61.7 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 53.9 | 62 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 54.2 | 62.3 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 54.4 | 62.7 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 54.7 | 63 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 55 | 63.4 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 55.3 | 63.7 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 55.7 | 64.2 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 56 | 64.6 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 50.6 | 65.1 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 50.9 | 65.6 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 51.2 | 66 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 51.6 | 66.5 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 51.9 | 66.9 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 52.2 | 67.4 | 33 |
| 1991 | 52.5 | 67.9 | – |
| 1990 | 52.9 | 68.3 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Ecuador vs Honduras
Health
- Life expectancyEcuador: 77.4 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEcuador: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Honduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEcuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEcuador: 67.1% in 2022Honduras: 65.2% in 2022
- DepressionEcuador: 2.98% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateEcuador: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEcuador: 18 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthEcuador: 0.87% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEcuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEcuador: 63.4% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageEcuador: 28.4 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEcuador: 8.1% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateEcuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEcuador: 2.1% of GDP in 2025Honduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEcuador: $2.71B in 2025Honduras: $582M in 2025
- Military spending per personEcuador: $150 in 2025Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEcuador: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Honduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEcuador: 42,000 people in 2020Honduras: 23,000 people in 2020
- National powerEcuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEcuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEcuador: 30 million TIV in 2025Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024