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General Information

Region		Central America
Population (000, 2025)		11 006^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		100.9^a
Capital city		Tegucigalpa
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		1 403.2^c
UN membership date		17 December 1945
Surface area (km2)		112 492^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		101.4^a
National currency		Lempira (HNL)
Exchange rate (per US$)		25.4^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	20 980	23 352	34 401^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.8	-9	3.6^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	2 271.0	2 308.0	3 232.0^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	12.6	12.6	12.6^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	26.5	26.3	27.3^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	60.8	61.1	60.1^b
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	28.7	25.2	22.6^b
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	21.8	23.1	21.4^b
Employment in services^e (% employed)	49.5	51.7	56.1^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	6.1	11	5.9^e
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	46.6 / 81.6	47.6 / 73.0	39.3 / 74.8^e
CPI: Consumer Price Index^e (2010=100)	129	156	198^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	107	110^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	4 201	4 666^e	6 794^e,d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	8 381	7 972^e	14 564^e,d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 4 179	- 3 305^e	- 7 769^e,d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-980	666	- 1 711^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.9	1.7	1.6^a
Urban population (% of total population)	55.2	57.7^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3^f	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.7	2.6	2.5^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	73.8 / 69.0	73.8 / 68.2	75.9 / 70.6^a
Population age distribution^g (0-14/60+ years old, %)	34.9 / 5.6	32.2 / 6.3	30.3 / 7.0^a
International migrant stock^h (000/% of total pop.)	38.3 / 0.4	39.2 / 0.4	39.9 / 0.4^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	~0.0	249.2	402.7^d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	20.5	17.3	14.6^a
Health: Current expenditureⁱ (% of GDP)	7.5^e	9^j,k	8.3^k,l
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.3^m	0.5	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	89.9 / 89.8	84.6 / 83.4	83.4 / 82.4^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	65.4 / 58.3	62.3 / 56.7	61.0 / 54.2^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	44.5 / 32.8	59.7 / 47.1	57.1 / 43.2^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	55.7	35.7	31.4^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	25.8	21.1ⁿ	27.3ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	27.1^o	45.2^e,o	58.3^e,b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	~0.0^k,p	0.1^c	...
Threatened species (number)	294	342	511^d
Forested area (% of land area)	57.8	56.8	56.5^l
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	10.4 / 1.1	9.5 / 0.9	11.1 / 1.1^l
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	103	101	103^l
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	26	23	24^l
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	880	204	844^l
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	74.6	74.6	74.6^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	77.5 / 43.3	78.2 / 45.0	78.4 / 45.7^l
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	39.9 / 63.6	40.4 / 68.4	40.5 / 70.5^l
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	2.76	5.46	1.73^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2019
d		2024
e		Estimate.
f		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
g		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
h		Including refugees.
i		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
j		Data are based on SHA2011.
k		Break in the time series.
l		2022
m		2010
n		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
o		Population aged 5 years and over.
p		Partial data.