Honduras: Employment in agriculture

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 Honduras

Employment in agriculture, % of total employment

 Latest value 22.42
 Year 2025
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1991 - 2025
 Average 25.58
 Min - Max 19.88 - 29.37
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2025 is 22.42 percent, a decline from 22.63 percent in 2024. In comparison, the world average is 22.17 percent, based on data from 176 countries. Historically, the average for Honduras from 1991 to 2025 is 25.58 percent. The minimum value, 19.88 percent, was reached in 2016 while the maximum of 29.37 percent was recorded in 2002. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Honduras: Employment in agriculture
 2025 22.42
 2024 22.63
 2023 22.98
 2022 21.46
 2021 22.80
 2020 23.57
 2019 22.52
 2018 23.54




Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The agriculture sector consists of activities in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, in accordance with division 1 (ISIC 2) or categories A-B (ISIC 3) or category A (ISIC 4).

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 Forest area, percent 56.3 2023 percent
 Percent agricultural land 31.96 2023 percent
 Employment in agriculture 22.42 2025 percent
 GDP share of agriculture 13.32 2025 percent
 Agriculture value added 5.27 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Agricultural land 35,760 2023 sq. km.
 Crop production index 102.3 2022 index points
 Precipitation 1,976 2022 mm per year
 Arable land, percent of land area 9.1 2023 percent
 Cereal crop yield by hectar 1,887 2023 kg per hectar
 Food production index 107.0 2022 index points
 Fertilizer use 188.0 2023 kg per hectare of arable land
 Livestock production index 117.4 2022 index points
 Forest area, sq.km 62,964.1 2023 sq. km
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