El Salvador vs Honduras
El Salvador vs Honduras: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 33% in El Salvador and 52.8% in Honduras, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Honduras, by 19.8 percentage points, or 1.6 times that in El Salvador.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Honduras has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, El Salvador ranked 105 and Honduras ranked 50 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | El Salvador | Honduras | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33 | 52.8 | – |
| 2023 | 33 | 53.3 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 32.9 | 53.7 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 32.9 | 54.2 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 32.9 | 54.6 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 32.8 | 55.4 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 32.8 | 56.1 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 32.7 | 56.9 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 32.7 | 57.6 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 32.7 | 58.3 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 32.7 | 58.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 32.6 | 59.1 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 32.6 | 59.5 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 32.6 | 59.9 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 32.6 | 60.3 | 32 |
| 2009 | 32.8 | 60.6 | 32 |
| 2008 | 32.9 | 61 | 32 |
| 2007 | 33.1 | 61.3 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 33.2 | 61.7 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 33.4 | 62 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 33.5 | 62.3 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 33.6 | 62.7 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 33.8 | 63 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 33.9 | 63.4 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 34.1 | 63.7 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 34.2 | 64.2 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 34.4 | 64.6 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 34.5 | 65.1 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 34.6 | 65.6 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 34.8 | 66 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 34.9 | 66.5 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 35.1 | 66.9 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 35.2 | 67.4 | 33 |
| 1991 | 35.4 | 67.9 | – |
| 1990 | 35.5 | 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
El Salvador vs Honduras
Health
- Life expectancyEl Salvador: 72.1 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEl Salvador: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Honduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEl Salvador: 9.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEl Salvador: 3.03% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateEl Salvador: 9.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEl Salvador: 6.31 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthEl Salvador: 0.46% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEl Salvador: 1.78 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEl Salvador: 75.5% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageEl Salvador: 27 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEl Salvador: 8% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateEl Salvador: -3.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEl Salvador: 1.34% of GDP in 2025Honduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEl Salvador: $489M in 2025Honduras: $582M in 2025
- Military spending per personEl Salvador: $77 in 2025Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEl Salvador: 4.4% of government spending in 2025Honduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEl Salvador: 42,000 people in 2020Honduras: 23,000 people in 2020
- National powerEl Salvador: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEl Salvador: 1.62% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEl Salvador: 3 million TIV in 2025Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024