Caribbean vs Honduras: Forest fires — Burned Area
Caribbean
13,704 ha
in 2024
Honduras
115,054 ha
in 2024
Caribbean rank
24th
Honduras rank
24th
Forest fires — Burned Area over time
- Caribbean
- Honduras
How they compare
Honduras currently reports 115,054 ha against 13,704 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 101,350 ha.
That makes Honduras's figure about 8.4 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Honduras ahead.
Caribbean ranks 24th and Honduras ranks 24th of 31 countries.
Honduras has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Honduras | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16,341 ha | 57,182 ha | 40,842 ha | Honduras |
| 2000s | 15,367 ha | 61,246 ha | 45,879 ha | Honduras |
| 2010s | 13,668 ha | 51,517 ha | 37,849 ha | Honduras |
| 2020s | 16,713 ha | 82,122 ha | 65,409 ha | Honduras |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, Caribbean or Honduras?
- Honduras, at 115,054 ha against 13,704 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area between Caribbean and Honduras?
- 101,350 ha, with Honduras ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Honduras?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Honduras rank globally for forest fires — burned area?
- Caribbean ranks 24th and Honduras ranks 24th of 31 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forest fires — Burned Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.