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General Information

Region		Central America
Population (000, 2021)		10 063^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		89.9^a
Capital city		Tegucigalpa
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		1 403.2^b
UN membership date		17-Dec-45
Surface area (km2)		112 492^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		99.9^a
National currency		Lempira (HNL)
Exchange rate (per US$)		24.1^c

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	15 839	20 980	25 095^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.7	3.8	2.7^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	1 904.3	2 302.2	2 574.9^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	11.9	12.6	11.2^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	26.2	26.5	28.6^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	62	60.8	60.2^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	36.5	28.7	30.1^d,c
Employment in industry (% of employed)	19.1	21.8	19.7^d,c
Employment in services (% employed)	44.5	49.5	50.2^d,c
Unemployment^d (% of labour force)	4.1	6.2	5.2^c
Labour force participation rate^d (female/male pop. %)	44.5 / 84.8	48.3 / 85.3	52.1 / 85.8^c
CPI: Consumer Price Index^d (2010=100)	100	129	156^c
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	94	100	116^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	3 104	4 201	3 110^d,c
International trade: imports (million current US$)	6 895	8 381	7 921^d,c
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 3 791	- 4 179	- 4 811^d,c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-804	-980	694^c

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^f (average annual %)	2.2	1.8	1.7^c
Urban population (% of total population)	51.9	55.2	57.7^b
Urban population growth rate^f (average annual %)	3.4	3	...
Fertility rate, total^f (live births per woman)	3.2	2.7	2.5^c
Life expectancy at birth^f (females/males, years)	75.0 / 70.3	76.3 / 71.6	77.3 / 72.7^c
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	37.6 / 5.8	33.7 / 6.5	30.1 / 7.6^a
International migrant stock^g (000/% of total pop.)	27.3 / 0.3	38.3 / 0.4	39.2 / 0.4^c
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0^h	~0.0	249.2^c
Infant mortality rate^f (per 1 000 live births)	23.3	18.4	15^c
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	8.7	7.5	7ⁱ
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.3	...	0.3^j
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	...	6.4	6.1ⁱ
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	100.7 / 100.6	92.5 / 93.0	91.5 / 91.4^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	72.8 / 59.1	55.4 / 46.2	70.2 / 62.4^b
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	76.7 / 55.0	43.9 / 32.5	63.9 / 50.6^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	75	56.5	38.9ⁱ
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	18	25.8	21.1^k

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	11.1	27.1^d,l	32.1^d,j
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	...	~0.0^m,n	~0.0^j
Threatened species (number)	240	294	409
Forested area^d (% of land area)	58.8	57.8	57.2ⁱ
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	7.6 / 0.9	9.2 / 1.0	9.1 / 1.0ⁱ
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	99	117	130ⁱ
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	24	26	27ⁱ
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	863	880	865ⁱ
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	72.1	72.1	72.3^c
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	... / 17.3	... / 18.0	... / 18.7^c
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	34.0 / 58.3	34.5 / 64.0	34.7 / 70.6^c
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	3.14	2.77	1.95^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2020
d		Estimate.
e		Areas not elsewhere specified.
f		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
g		Including refugees.
h		Data as at the end of December.
i		2018
j		2017
k		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
l		Users in the last 3 months.
m		Break in the time series.
n		Partial data.