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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Honduras economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Honduras best banks and safest banks are also available.
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USD 4.8 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
6.2% | 4.2% | -2.4% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 4.1% | 2.8% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
3.1% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 4.9% | 3.7% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.04% | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
**Forecast
(2016 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
3.2% | 2.7% | 3.9% | 4.3% | 4.4% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
4.6% | 4.7% | 4.5% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
37.4% | 38.4% | 39.2% | 40.2% | 41.5% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-0.8% | -0.4% | -0.4% | 0.2% | -0.1% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: BB-
Moody's: B1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
-4.2 % (2018 estimate)
41.8% (2018)
0.05% (2018)
0.05% (2018)
Coffee, apparel, coffee, shrimp, automobile wire harnesses, cigars, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber
Communications equipment, machinery and transport, industrial raw materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs
US 34.5%, Germany 8.9%, Belgium 7.7%, El Salvador 7.3%, Netherlands 7.2%, Guatemala 5.2%, Nicaragua 4.8% (2017)
US 40.3%, Guatemala 10.5%, China 8.5%, Mexico 6.2%, El Salvador 5.7%, Panama 4.4%, Costa Rica 4.2% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 1,139 million | USD 1,186 million | USD 1,226 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 239 million | USD 173 million | USD 80 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | USD 40 million | USD 58 million |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
133 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 170 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 158 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 138 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 101 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 25 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 120 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 167 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 130 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 154 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 143 out of 190 countries
101 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 93 / Score: 60.2 (Moderately free)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Tegucigalpa; note - article eight of the Honduran constitution states that the twin cities of Tegucigalpa and Comayaguela, jointly, constitute the capital of the Republic of Honduras; however, virtually all governmental institutions are on the Tegucigalpa
Roman Catholic 46%, Protestant 41%, atheist 1%, other 2%, none 9% (2014 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010* | 2015* | 2020* |
4.96 million | 6.52 million | 8.2 million | 8.96 million | 9.76 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
22.7% | 34.9% | 45.5% | 57.1% |
Total population: 89%
Male: 89%
Female: 88.9%
(age 15 and over can read and write)
31.6% (last available estimate, 2017)
50.5 (last available estimate, 2017)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Partly Free
Political Rights: 4
Civil Liberties: 4 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 5.5% Mobile: 79.2% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)