International Rankings of Honduras 2023, 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	50	4	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	99	396916	2020
Internet users - percent of population	71	48 %	2021
Internet users - total	98	4.800 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	5	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	95	465521	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	80	74	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	105	7.561 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	19	4.7 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	25	32.8 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	109	6.454 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	104	6.476 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	56	2.7 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	140	1.222 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	117	9.137 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	117	7.941 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	109	25.145 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	75	43.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	94	13.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	46	77.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	132	58.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	64	23.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	49	0.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	61	14.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	73	28.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	117	57 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	17	48.2 %	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	22	38.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	39	1.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	102	14.495 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	7	20.05 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	74	4.48 %	2021
Labor force	95	4.314 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	45	39.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	63	20.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	130	39.8 %	2005
Population below poverty line	23	48.3 %	2018
Public debt	124	39.5 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	112	57.273 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	15	12.53 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	141	5600 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	91	8.138 billion US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	138	14.77 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	82	8.51 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	66	24.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	113	11.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	89	15.5	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	116	61000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	99	8.462 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	113	25000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	101	25000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	108	8.140 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	73	540.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	77	787.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	97	3.991 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	65	3.160 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	21	8.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	103	46.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	10	2.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	74	24.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	8	10.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	33	7.5 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	134	19.800 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	94	66800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	79	12870 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	77	56120 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	99	9.81 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	103	7.72 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	96	20.12 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	125	28.8	2018
Land use - arable land	99	9.1	2018
Land use - forest	55	45.3	2018
Land use - other	97	25.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	50	4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	94	15.7	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	52	0.91 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	73	92.160 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	81	1.180 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	83	111.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	82	320.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	54	2.48	2025
Urbanization - urban population	91	60.2	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	101	111890 sq km	0
Area - total	105	112090 sq km	0
Area - water	104	200103 sq km	0
Coastline	91	823 km	9163
Elevation - highest point	69	2870 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	52	684 meters	0
Irrigated land	96	900 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	104	1575 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	125	28.8	2018
Land use - arable land	99	9.1	2018
Land use - forest	55	45.3	2018
Land use - other	97	25.9	2018
Land use - permanent crops	50	4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	94	15.7	2018
Military
Military expenditures	39	1.4 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	91	1.6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	78	1.09 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	109	2.73 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	92	0.04 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	83	17.64 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	59	7.1 %	1112
Contraceptive prevalence rate	28	69.4 %	2019
Current health expenditure	31	9 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	101	53.5 %	2023
Death rate	180	4.69 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	132	6.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	38	15.5 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	100	53.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	70	46.9 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	68	9.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	69	3.9 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	22	6.4 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	72	0.97 %	2023
Hospital bed density	65	0.6 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	100	12.59 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	97	16.88 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	99	14.77 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	93	79.06 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	122	71.91 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	113	75.43 years	0
Literacy - female	60	88.7 %	2019
Literacy - male	54	88.2 %	0
Literacy - total population	57	88.5 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	76	72 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	120	25.2 years	2020
Median age - male	120	23.5 years	0
Median age - total	118	24.4 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	73	20.3	1112
Net migration rate	126	1.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	70	21.4 %	2016
Physicians density	130	0.5 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	96	9.571 million	2023
Population growth rate	68	1.16 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	25	96.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	83	12.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	82	7 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	70	3.3 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	12	11 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	11	10 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	12	10 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	30	0.93 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	34	0.79 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	24	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	88	1.98 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	54	2.48	2025
Urbanization - urban population	91	60.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	66	24.6	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	113	11.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	89	15.5	0
Transportation
Airports	51	103	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	34	901000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	42	505	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	121	450000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	135	251149	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	78	26	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	103	3367 km	2012
Roadways - total	109	14742 km	2012
Waterways	83	465 km	2012

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Honduras on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Honduras 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Honduras 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.