Land-use change — Emissions per capita in Honduras
Honduras: Land-use change — Emissions per capita was 0.65 t CO2eq/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Land-use change — Emissions per capita in Honduras, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t CO2eq/cap.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 0.65 t CO2eq/cap for land-use change — emissions per capita in 2023.
That represents a change of up 8.3% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land-use change — emissions per capita in Honduras peaked at 1.43 t CO2eq/cap in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.43 t CO2eq/cap, in 2010.
That places Honduras 45th out of 223 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Land-use change — Emissions per capita in Honduras, year by year
| Year | t CO2eq/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.97 t CO2eq/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.94 t CO2eq/cap | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 0.91 t CO2eq/cap | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 0.89 t CO2eq/cap | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 0.86 t CO2eq/cap | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 0.84 t CO2eq/cap | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.79 t CO2eq/cap | -6.0% |
| 1997 | 0.84 t CO2eq/cap | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 0.84 t CO2eq/cap | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.77 t CO2eq/cap | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 0.75 t CO2eq/cap | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 0.5 t CO2eq/cap | -33.3% |
| 2002 | 0.49 t CO2eq/cap | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.63 t CO2eq/cap | +28.6% |
| 2004 | 0.46 t CO2eq/cap | -27.0% |
| 2005 | 0.57 t CO2eq/cap | +23.9% |
| 2006 | 0.46 t CO2eq/cap | -19.3% |
| 2007 | 0.45 t CO2eq/cap | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.44 t CO2eq/cap | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.45 t CO2eq/cap | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.43 t CO2eq/cap | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 0.71 t CO2eq/cap | +65.1% |
| 2012 | 0.64 t CO2eq/cap | -9.9% |
| 2013 | 0.66 t CO2eq/cap | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.66 t CO2eq/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.62 t CO2eq/cap | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 1.43 t CO2eq/cap | +130.6% |
| 2017 | 1.37 t CO2eq/cap | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 1.36 t CO2eq/cap | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.34 t CO2eq/cap | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 1.39 t CO2eq/cap | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 0.62 t CO2eq/cap | -55.4% |
| 2022 | 0.6 t CO2eq/cap | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 0.65 t CO2eq/cap | +8.3% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 0.65 t CO2eq/cap is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.12 t CO2eq/cap, 5.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 0.65 t CO2eq/cap is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.12 t CO2eq/cap, 5.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Land-use change — Emissions per capita in Honduras changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +130.6% | 0.62 t CO2eq/cap | 1.43 t CO2eq/cap |
| 2011 | +65.1% | 0.43 t CO2eq/cap | 0.71 t CO2eq/cap |
| 2021 | -55.4% | 1.39 t CO2eq/cap | 0.62 t CO2eq/cap |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.865 t CO2eq/cap | 0.77 t CO2eq/cap | 0.97 t CO2eq/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.52 t CO2eq/cap | 0.44 t CO2eq/cap | 0.75 t CO2eq/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.922 t CO2eq/cap | 0.43 t CO2eq/cap | 1.43 t CO2eq/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.815 t CO2eq/cap | 0.6 t CO2eq/cap | 1.39 t CO2eq/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 42 Burkina Faso 0.74 t CO2eq/cap compare
- 43 Estonia 0.69 t CO2eq/cap compare
- 44 Ecuador 0.68 t CO2eq/cap compare
- 46 Solomon Islands 0.62 t CO2eq/cap compare
- 47 Benin 0.53 t CO2eq/cap compare
- 48 Seychelles 0.52 t CO2eq/cap compare
More climate change data for Honduras
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 120.92 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 6,290 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,603 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,686 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 6.05 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 167.37 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 799.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 752.57 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 47.34 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.84 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land-use change — emissions per capita in Honduras?
- Land-use change — emissions per capita in Honduras was 0.65 t CO2eq/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest land-use change — emissions per capita recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 1.43 t CO2eq/cap in 2016.
- What is the lowest land-use change — emissions per capita recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.43 t CO2eq/cap in 2010.
- How does Honduras rank for land-use change — emissions per capita?
- Honduras ranks 45th out of 223 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land-use change — emissions per capita rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Land-use change — Emissions per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.