Statistics Honduras 
Honduras in the World
Honduras - Introduction 2012
top of pageBackground: Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a half decades of mostly military rule a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s Honduras proved a haven for anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Marxist Nicaraguan Government and an ally to Salvadoran Government forces fighting leftist guerrillas. The country was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998 which killed about 5,600 people and caused approximately $2 billion in damage. Since then the economy has slowly rebounded.
Natural hazards: frequent but generally mild earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast
Geography
Note: has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast
Honduras - People 2012
top of pagePopulation: 8,296,693 (July 2012 est.)
Rank: 93
Growth rate: 1.838% (2012 est.)
Growth rate rank: 67
Below poverty line: 60% (2010 est.)
Demographic profile:
Honduras is one of the poorest countries in Latin America and has the world's highest murder rate. More than half of the population lives in poverty and per capita income is one of the lowest in the region. Poverty rates are higher among rural and indigenous people and in the south west and along the eastern border than in the north and central areas where most of Honduras' industries and infrastructure are concentrated. The increased productivity needed to break Honduras' persistent high poverty rate depends in part on further improvements in educational attainment. Although primary-school enrollment is near 100% educational quality is poor the drop-out rate and grade repetition remain high and teacher and school accountability is low.
Honduras' population growth rate has slowed since the 1990s but it remains high at nearly 2% annually because the birth rate averages approximately three children per woman and more among rural indigenous and poor women. Consequently Honduras' young adult population - ages 15 to 29 - is projected to continue growing rapidly for the next three decades and then stabilize or slowly shrink. Population growth and limited job prospects outside of agriculture will continue to drive emigration. Remittances represent about a fifth of GDP.
Honduras' population growth rate has slowed since the 1990s but it remains high at nearly 2% annually because the birth rate averages approximately three children per woman and more among rural indigenous and poor women. Consequently Honduras' young adult population - ages 15 to 29 - is projected to continue growing rapidly for the next three decades and then stabilize or slowly shrink. Population growth and limited job prospects outside of agriculture will continue to drive emigration. Remittances represent about a fifth of GDP.
Environment
Current issues: urban population expanding; deforestation results from logging and the clearing of land for agricultural purposes; further land degradation and soil erosion hastened by uncontrolled development and improper land use practices such as farming of marginal lands; mining activities polluting Lago de Yojoa (the country's largest source of fresh water) as well as several rivers and streams with heavy metals
Sanitation facility access:
urban: 80% of population
rural: 62% of population
total: 71% of population
rural: 62% of population
total: 71% of population
Unimproved:
urban: 20% of population
rural: 38% of population
total: 29% of population
rural: 38% of population
total: 29% of population
Hivaids
Adult prevalence rate: 0.8% (2009 est.)
Adult prevalence rate rank: 57
People living with hivaids: 39,000 (2009 est.)
People living with hivaids rank: 62
Deaths: 2,500 (2009 est.)
Deaths rank: 51
Honduras - Government 2012
top of pageAdministrative divisions: 18 departments (departamentos singular - departamento); Atlantida Choluteca Colon Comayagua Copan Cortes El Paraiso Francisco Morazan Gracias a Dios Intibuca Islas de la Bahia La Paz Lempira Ocotepeque Olancho Santa Barbara Valle Yoro
International law organization participation: accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
Legislative branch: unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (128 seats; members elected proportionally by department to serve four-year terms)
Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (15 judges are elected for seven-year terms by the National Congress)
Political parties and leaders: Anti-Corruption Party or PAC [Salvador NASRALLA]; Christian Democratic Party or PDC [Felicito AVILA Ordonez]; Broad Political Electoral Front in Resistance or FAPER [Andres PAVON]; Democratic Unification Party or PUD [Cesar HAM]; Freedom and Refounding Party or LIBRE [Jose Manuel ZELAYA Rosales]; Liberal Party or PL [Bill SANTOS Brito]; National Party or PN [Ricardo ALVAREZ]; Social Democratic Innovation and Unity Party or PINU [Jorge Rafael AGUILAR Paredes]
International organization participation: BCIE CACM CD CELAC FAO G-11 G-77 IADB IAEA IBRD ICAO ICRM IDA IFAD IFC IFRCS ILO IMF IMO Interpol IOC (suspended) IOM IPU ISO (subscriber) ITSO ITU ITUC (NGOs) LAES LAIA (observer) MIGA MINURSO NAM OAS (suspended) OPANAL OPCW PCA Petrocaribe SICA UN UNCTAD UNESCO UNIDO Union Latina UNWTO UPU WCO (suspended) WFTU (NGOs) WHO WIPO WMO WTO
Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of blue (top) white and blue with five blue five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band; the stars represent the members of the former Federal Republic of Central America - Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua; the blue bands symbolize the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; the white band represents the land between the two bodies of water and the peace and prosperity of its people
Honduras - Economy 2012
top of pageEconomy overview: Honduras the second poorest country in Central America suffers from extraordinarily unequal distribution of income as well as high underemployment. While historically dependent on the export of bananas and coffee Honduras has diversified its export base to include apparel and automobile wire harnessing. Nearly half of Honduras's economic activity is directly tied to the US with exports to the US accounting for 30% of GDP and remittances for another 20%. The US-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) came into force in 2006 and has helped foster foreign direct investment but physical and political insecurity as well as crime and perceptions of corruption may deter potential investors; about 70% of FDI is from US firms. The economy registered sluggish economic growth in 2010 insufficient to improve living standards for the nearly 65% of the population in poverty. The LOBO administration inherited a difficult fiscal position with off-budget debts accrued in previous administrations and government salaries nearly equivalent to tax collections. His government has displayed a commitment to improving tax collection and cutting expenditures and attracting foreign investment. This enabled Tegucigalpa to secure an IMF Precautionary Stand-By agreement in October 2010. The IMF agreement has helped renew multilateral and bilateral donor confidence in Honduras following the ZELAYA administration's economic mismanagement and the 2009 coup.
Exports: $7.204 billion (2011 est.)
Rank: 103
Commodities: apparel coffee shrimp automobile wire harnesses cigars bananas gold palm oil fruit lobster lumber
Partners: US 33.1% Germany 10.9% El Salvador 7.3% Belgium 6.5% Guatemala 6.2% (2011)
Imports: $10.34 billion (2011 est.)
Rank: 92
Commodities: machinery and transport equipment industrial raw materials chemical products fuels foodstuffs
Partners: US 46% Guatemala 8.8% Mexico 5.7% El Salvador 5.4% China 4.1% Costa Rica 4% (2011)
Exchange rates:
lempiras (HNL) per US dollar -
19.51 (2012 est.)
18.895 (2011 est.)
18.9 (2010 est.)
18.9 (2009)
18.983 (2008)
19.51 (2012 est.)
18.895 (2011 est.)
18.9 (2010 est.)
18.9 (2009)
18.983 (2008)
Honduras - Energy 2012
top of pageElectricity
Production: 6.326 billion kWh (2009 est.)
Production rank: 111
Consumption: 4.8 billion kWh (2009 est.)
Consumption rank: 115
Exports: 46 million kWh (2009 est.)
Exports rank: 79
Imports: 100,000 kWh (2009 est.)
Imports rank: 108
Installed generating capacity: 1.697 million kW (2009 est.)
Installed generating capacity rank: 108
Generation sources fossil fuels: 63.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Generation sources fossil fuels rank: 133
Generation sources nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Generation sources nuclear rank: 106
Generation sources hydroelectricity: 30.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Generation sources hydroelectricity rank: 77
Generation sources other renewable sources: 5.4% of total installed capacity (2009 est.)
Generation sources other renewable sources rank: 32
Petroleum
Petroleum total petroleum production: 0 bbl/day (2011 est.)
Petroleum total petroleum production rank: 147
Crude oil exports: 0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
Crude oil exports rank: 126
Crude oil imports: 0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
Crude oil imports rank: 199
Crude oil proven reserves: 0 bbl (1 January 2012 est.)
Crude oil proven reserves rank: 146
Refined petroleum
Products production: 0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
Products production rank: 159
Products consumption: 58,150 bbl/day (2011 est.)
Products consumption rank: 97
Products exports: 8,419 bbl/day (2008 est.)
Products exports rank: 90
Products imports: 54,100 bbl/day (2008 est.)
Products imports rank: 67
Natural gas
Production: 0 m³ (2010 est.)
Production rank: 144
Consumption: 0 m³ (2010 est.)
Consumption rank: 156
Exports: 0 m³ (2010 est.)
Exports rank: 86
Imports: 0 m³ (2010 est.)
Imports rank: 208
Proven reserves: 0 m³ (1 January 2012 est.)
Proven reserves rank: 150
Carbon dioxide emissions
From consumption of energy: 8.288 million Mt (2010 est.)
From consumption of energy rank: 106
Honduras - Communication 2012
top of pageTelephones
Main lines in use: 609,200 (2011)
Main lines in use rank: 91
Mobile cellular: 8.062 million (2011)
Mobile cellular rank: 88
Broadcast media: multiple privately-owned terrestrial TV networks supplemented by multiple cable TV networks; Radio Honduras is the lone government-owned radio network; roughly 300 privately-owned radio stations (2007)
Honduras - Military 2012
top of pageMilitary service age and obligation: 18 years of age for voluntary 2 to 3 year military service (2004)
Honduras - Transportation 2012
top of pageHonduras - Transnational issues 2012
top of pageDisputes international: International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on the delimitation of 'bolsones' (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras border in 1992 with final settlement by the parties in 2006 after an Organization of American States survey and a further ICJ ruling in 2003; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca with consideration of Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador continues to claim tiny Conejo Island not mentioned in the ICJ ruling off Honduras in the Gulf of Fonseca; Honduras claims the Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays off the coast of Belize in its constitution but agreed to a joint ecological park around the cays should Guatemala consent to a maritime corridor in the Caribbean under the OAS-sponsored 2002 Belize-Guatemala Differendum
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for drugs and narcotics; illicit producer of cannabis cultivated on small plots and used principally for local consumption; corruption is a major problem; some money-laundering activity
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