International Rankings of Honduras 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Honduras, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Honduras, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	126	4.28	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	96	390377	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	164	31.70 %	2018
Internet users - total	102	2.854 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	146	5.38	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	94	490103	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	165	82.92	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	103	7.560 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	113	5.283 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	111	4.658 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	56	2.70 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	105	380.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	118	9.137 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	117	44	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	105	56	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	114	71	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	103	64	2020
Exports	106	8.675 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	108	25.145 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	72	43.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	94	13.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	46	77.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	129	58.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	63	23.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	48	0.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	61	14.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	73	28.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	110	57.00 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	9	52 %	2018
Gross national saving	74	22	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	22	38.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	39	1.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	102	11.320 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	45	4.50 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	45	4.30 %	2019
Labor force	96	3.735 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	45	39 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	61	21 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	125	40 %	2005
Population below poverty line	22	48 %	2018
Public debt	112	39.50 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	111	55.825 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	38	4.80 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	160	5728 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	96	4.708 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	119	20.30 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	103	5.60 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	109	9.436 million	2017
Electricity - consumption	108	7.220 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	66	536.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	58	40	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	46	25	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	9	34	2017
Electricity - imports	93	195.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	109	2.546 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	107	8.501 billion	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	95	59000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	77	12870 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	76	56120 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	99	10 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	103	8 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	93	20 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	121	29	2018
Land use - arable land	97	9	2018
Land use - forest	54	45	2018
Land use - other	94	26	2018
Land use - permanent crops	50	4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	92	16	2018
Revenue from forest resources	50	1 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	70	92.164 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	84	1.178 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	101	114.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	96	315.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	53	2.48	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	100	59	2021
Geography
Area - land	99	111890 sq km	N/A
Area - total	102	112090 sq km	N/A
Area - water	127	200 sq km	N/A
Coastline	89	823 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	60	2870 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	51	684 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	97	900 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	102	1575 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	121	29	2018
Land use - arable land	97	9	2018
Land use - forest	54	45	2018
Land use - other	94	26	2018
Land use - permanent crops	50	4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	92	16	2018
Total renewable water resources	69	92.164 billion	2017
Population Density	123	83.53 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	43	2 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	5	21.03	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	137	37.79	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	152	5.58	1525
Birth rate	78	18.19 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	20	73.20 %	1112
Current Health Expenditure	40	7 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	175	4.67 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	98	7.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	56	13.00 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	83	55.20 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	67	47.50 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	65	11 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	68	5 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	18	6 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	36	0.20	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	63	22000	2020
Hospital bed density	63	0.60 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	98	13.19 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	97	17.52 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	97	15.39 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	91	79 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	117	71 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	113	75 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	76	65.00	2017
Median age - female	116	25 years	2020
Median age - male	115	24 years	N/A
Median age - total	113	24 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	70	20	1112
Net migration rate	116	1.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	69	21.40 %	2016
Physicians density	132	0.31 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	93	9.346 million	2021
Population growth rate	74	1.22 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	34	95 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	80	17 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	67	10 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	73	5 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	11 years	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	11	10 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	12	10 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1.00	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	35	0.90	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	39	0.83	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	31	0.80 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	82	2.05 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	70	18	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	105	8	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	94	11	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	53	2.48	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	100	59	2021
Transportation
Airports	51	103	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	41	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	40	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	65	13	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	32	3	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	16	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	32	90	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	25	73	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	120	450000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	133	251149	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	78	26.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways - total	114	101 km	N/A
Roadways - paved	100	3367 km	2012
Roadways - total	100	14742 km	2012
Waterways	73	465 km	N/A

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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