| Yoro Department | |
| Native Name: | Departamento de Yoro |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | department |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Honduras |
| Coordinates: | 15.1333°N -93°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Honduras |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipalities |
| Subdivision Name1: | 11 |
| Subdivision Type2: | Villages |
| Subdivision Name2: | 253 |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 28 June 1825 |
| Seat Type: | Capital city |
| Seat: | Yoro |
| Government Type: | Departmental |
| Leader Party: | PNH |
| Leader Title: | Gobernador |
| Leader Name: | Juan Carlos Molina (2018-2022) |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 7787 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 587375 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | GDP (Nominal, 2015 US dollar) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Total |
| Demographics1 Info1: | $1.7 billion (2023)[1] |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Per capita |
| Demographics1 Info2: | $2,400 (2023) |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Total |
| Demographics2 Info2: | $3.6 billion (2023) |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Per capita |
| Demographics2 Info3: | $5,000 (2023) |
| Timezone1: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 53101 |
| Iso Code: | HN-YO |
| Blank Name Sec1: | HDI (2021) |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 0.609[2] · 5th of 18 |
| Footnotes: | Statistics derived from Consult INE online database: Population and Housing Census 2013[3] |
Yoro is one of the 18 departments into which Honduras is divided. The department contains rich agricultural lands, concentrated mainly on the valley of the Aguan River and the Sula Valley, on opposite ends. The departmental capital is Yoro. The department covers a total surface area of 7,939 km2 and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 503,886 people. It is famous for the Lluvia de Peces (rain of fishes), a tradition by which fish fall from the sky during very heavy rains.
At the time of the 2013 Honduras census, Yoro Department had a population of 570,595. Of these, 88.12% were Mestizo, 7.26% White, 3.79% Indigenous (2.92% Tolupan, 0.39% Chʼortiʼ, 0.28% Lenca, 0.09% Nahua), 0.71% Black or Afro-Honduran and 0.12% others.[4]
The department, historically, is known for harvesting mahogany and cedar trees for exportation. The area also had a cattle industry.[5]
A number of football players are from the department.