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Honduras

Capital: TegucigalpaRegion: Latin America & Caribbean Income: Lower middle income
GDP
$40.82B
2026
Population
10.8M
2024
GDP per Capita
$4K
2026
Life Expectancy
72.9 years
2023

Economy

IndicatorValueYear
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$40.82B2026
Real GDP Growth (%)3.5%2026
GDP per Capita (USD)$4K2026
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$90.92B2026
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$8K2026
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.04%2026
GNI (Current USD)$34.19B2024
GNI per Capita (USD)$3K2024
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$7K2024
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)26.1%2024
Services Value Added (% of GDP)58.4%2024
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)11.2%2024
Government Consumption (% of GDP)15.5%2024
Household Consumption (% of GDP)86.0%2024
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)22.5%2024
Gross Savings (% of GNI)17.8%2024
GDP Deflator (%)5.1%2024
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$18K2024
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)14.9%2024
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)7.2%2022
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$2K2021
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)19.4%2021
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-24.0%2024
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.38%2021
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)1.2%2021
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.84%2021
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$9.69B2024

Fiscal & Monetary

IndicatorValueYear
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)4.2%2026
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)44.1%2026
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-1.7%2026
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-2.5%2026
Unemployment Rate (%)8.0%2026
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)4.6%2024
Lending Interest Rate (%)16.0%2024
Deposit Interest Rate (%)8.9%2024
Government Revenue (% of GDP)22.2%2020
Tax Revenue (% of GDP)15.1%2020
Taxes on Goods & Services (% of revenue)43.4%2020
Taxes on Income, Profits & Capital Gains (% of rev)19.5%2020
Net Investment in Nonfinancial Assets (% of GDP)3.0%2020
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$8.04B2024
Total Reserves (months of imports)4.52024
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)24.802024
Broad Money (% of GDP)74.9%2024

Trade

IndicatorValueYear
Trade (% of GDP)91.1%2024
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)57.6%2024
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$12.44B2024
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$21.35B2024
Merchandise Exports (USD)$11.08B2024
Merchandise Imports (USD)$17.75B2024
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)3.5%2024
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)1.9%2024
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$1.31B2024
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$9.53B2024
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)25.7%2024
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)3.9%2024
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-4.4%2024
Current Account Balance (USD)$-1.65B2024

External Debt

IndicatorValueYear
External Debt (% of GNI)41.8%2024
External Debt Stocks (USD)$14.30B2024
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)5.2%2024
Present Value of External Debt (USD)$7.72B2024
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$1.08B2024
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)1.7%2023

Finance

IndicatorValueYear
Domestic Credit by Financial Sector (% of GDP)85.2%2024
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)78.2%2024
Bank Capital to Assets Ratio (%)6.2%2022
Bank Nonperforming Loans (%)2.4%2022
Account Ownership at Financial Institution (%)42.4%2024
Account Ownership, Female (%)34.1%2024
Account Ownership, Male (%)52.8%2024

People

IndicatorValueYear
Population10.8M2024
Population Growth (%)1.7%2024
Population Density (per km²)952023
Surface Area (sq km)112,4902023
Land Area (sq km)111,8902023
Urban Population (%)58.8%2024
Urban Population (total)6.4M2024
Rural Population (%)41.2%2024
Life Expectancy at Birth72.9 years2023
Life Expectancy, Male70.3 years2023
Life Expectancy, Female75.5 years2023
Fertility Rate (births per woman)2.52023
Birth Rate (per 1,000)22.02023
Death Rate (per 1,000)4.52023
Net Migration-4,7782025
Population Ages 0–14 (%)30.6%2024
Population Ages 15–64 (%)65.0%2024
Population Ages 65+ (%)4.4%2024
Age Dependency Ratio (%)53.9%2024
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)175.42023
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)111.82023

Labor

IndicatorValueYear
Total Labor Force4.3M2025
Labor Force Participation (%)56.6%2025
Female Labor Force Participation (%)39.6%2025
Male Labor Force Participation (%)73.5%2025
Unemployment (%)4.9%2025
Female Unemployment (%)6.4%2025
Male Unemployment (%)4.1%2025
Youth Unemployment (%)8.5%2025
Employment in Agriculture (%)22.4%2025
Employment in Industry (%)21.6%2025
Employment in Services (%)55.9%2025
Vulnerable Employment (%)33.9%2025
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)55.9%2025
Part-Time Employment (%)26.7%2024
Employers (% of total employment)10.2%2025
Labor Force, Female (% of total)35.0%2025

Education

IndicatorValueYear
Education Spending (% of GDP)4.5%2023
Adult Literacy Rate (%)88.3%2024
Male Literacy Rate (%)87.6%2024
Youth Literacy Rate (%)95.8%2024
Primary School Enrollment (%)79.0%2024
Secondary School Enrollment (%)51.8%2024
Primary Completion Rate (%)72.0%2024
Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%)36.6%2024
Out-of-School Children, Primary346,4522024
Out-of-School Girls, Primary162,4262024
Primary School Teachers49,9962024
Secondary School Teachers31,3742024
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Primary262017
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Secondary172017

Health

IndicatorValueYear
Health Spending (% of GDP)7.7%2023
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$2492023
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)2.5%2023
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)53.1%2023
Physicians (per 1,000 people)0.52020
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)0.72023
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)0.52023
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)15.52023
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)13.82023
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)17.12023
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)10.7%2019
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)71.4%2019
Cause of Death, Injury (%)17.9%2019
Measles Immunization (% of children)79.0%2024
DPT Immunization (% of children)75.0%2024
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.102024
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)382024
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)22.9%2022
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)1.7%2022
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)3.02021
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)3.12020

Energy & Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)5942023
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)7522023
Renewable Electricity Output (%)64.6%2021
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)45.9%2021
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)50.3%2023
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)20.32020
Forest Area (%)56.3%2023
Forest Area (sq km)62,9642023
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)11.2%2024
Marine Protected Areas (%)4.9%2024
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)95.7%2024
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)87.7%2024

Agriculture

IndicatorValueYear
Agricultural Land (%)32.0%2023
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)1,8872023
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)107.02022
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)102.32022
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)117.42022
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)410,0052023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)188.02023
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)1.8%2022

Technology

IndicatorValueYear
Internet Users (%)58.3%2023
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)4.42023
Secure Internet Servers (per million)148.82024
R&D Spending (% of GDP)0.06%2019
Patent Applications, Residents82018
Patent Applications, Non-Residents1882021
Scientific Journal Articles1592022
High-Technology Exports (USD)$105.5M2024
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)2.2%2024
Industrial Design Applications, Resident42018
Researchers in R&D (per million)1882019

Infrastructure

IndicatorValueYear
Air Transport, Passengers Carried428,4432023
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)1.12023
Container Port Traffic (TEU)923,3212022
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)2.902022
Electricity from Oil (%)47.4%2023
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021

Gender

IndicatorValueYear
Women in Parliament (%)27.3%2024
Female Labor Force Participation, 15+ (%)41.3%2024
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)45.7%2025
Girls Out-of-School Rate (%)90.5%2017
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)82.12023

Governance

IndicatorValueYear
Control of Corruption-1.112023
Government Effectiveness-0.802023
Regulatory Quality-0.552023
Voice & Accountability-0.452023
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)15.1%2023
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)22.6%2023
Rule of Law (percentile rank)15.1%2023
Political Stability (percentile rank)28.0%2023

Military

IndicatorValueYear
Military Spending (% of GDP)1.6%2024
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.6%2020
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)31.42023

Poverty & Inequality

IndicatorValueYear
Poverty at $2.15/day (%)15.7%2024
Poverty at $3.65/day (%)23.5%2024
Poverty at $6.85/day (%)49.8%2024
Gini Index45.72024
Income Share, Top 10%32.3%2024
Income Share, Bottom 10%1.2%2024
Income Share, Top 20%50.0%2024
Income Share, Bottom 20%3.7%2024
Shared Prosperity Premium (%)1.0%2024
Survey Mean Consumption (2017 PPP $ per day)11.552024

Social Protection

IndicatorValueYear
Social Assistance Coverage (%)29.3%2019
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.482020
Human Capital Index, Female0.492020
Human Capital Index, Male0.472020
Learning-Adjusted Years of School6.1 years2020

Tourism

IndicatorValueYear
International Tourism, Arrivals669,0002020
International Tourism, Departures703,0002018
Tourism Receipts (USD)$189.0M2020
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$230.0M2020
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)3.0%2020
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$2.0M2020

Urban Development

IndicatorValueYear
Population in Largest City1.7M2025
Population in Agglomerations >1M (% of total)15.0%2025
Population in Slums (% of urban)31.5%2018
Rural Population Growth (%)0.5%2024