Honduras vs Nicaragua
Honduras vs Nicaragua: Forest area
Forest area: 52.8% in Honduras in 2024 and 25.8% in Nicaragua in 2023, by FAO estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Honduras, by 27.5 percentage points, or 2.06 times that in Nicaragua.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Honduras has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- The world as a whole: 31.1% in 2023.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Honduras | Nicaragua | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52.8 | – | – |
| 2023 | 53.3 | 25.8 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 53.7 | 40.3 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 54.2 | 40.5 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 54.6 | 40.7 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 55.4 | 40.8 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 56.1 | 41 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 56.9 | 41.2 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 57.6 | 41.4 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 58.3 | 41.6 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 58.7 | 41.8 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 59.1 | 41.9 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 59.5 | 42.1 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 59.9 | 42.3 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 60.3 | 42.5 | 32 |
| 2009 | 60.6 | 43.3 | 32 |
| 2008 | 61 | 44.1 | 32 |
| 2007 | 61.3 | 45 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 61.7 | 45.8 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 62 | 46.6 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 62.3 | 47.4 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 62.7 | 48.3 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 63 | 49.1 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 63.4 | 49.9 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 63.7 | 50.7 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 64.2 | 51.6 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 64.6 | 52.4 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 65.1 | 53.2 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 65.6 | 54 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 66 | 54.9 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 66.5 | 55.7 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 66.9 | 56.5 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 67.4 | 57.3 | 33 |
| 1991 | 67.9 | 58.2 | – |
| 1990 | 68.3 | 59 | – |
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
Honduras vs Nicaragua
Health
- Life expectancyHonduras: 72.9 years in 2023Nicaragua: 75 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHonduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024Nicaragua: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHonduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nicaragua: 12.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHonduras: 65.2% in 2022Nicaragua: 55.5% in 2020
- DepressionHonduras: 2.75% in 2017Nicaragua: 2.85% in 2017
- Suicide rateHonduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Nicaragua: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHonduras: 10.6 million people in 2023Nicaragua: 6.82 million people in 2023
- Population growthHonduras: 1.7% a year in 2023Nicaragua: 1.36% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHonduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023Nicaragua: 2.22 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHonduras: 59.3% in 2025Nicaragua: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageHonduras: 23.6 years in 2023Nicaragua: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHonduras: 4.3% in 2023Nicaragua: 5.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateHonduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Nicaragua: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHonduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025Nicaragua: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHonduras: $582M in 2025Nicaragua: $115M in 2025
- Military spending per personHonduras: $53 in 2025Nicaragua: $17 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHonduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Nicaragua: 2.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHonduras: 23,000 people in 2020Nicaragua: 12,000 people in 2020
- National powerHonduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Nicaragua: 0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHonduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020Nicaragua: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHonduras: 7 million TIV in 2024Nicaragua: 13 million TIV in 2019