| Economy | Honduras |
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Economy - overview:
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Honduras, the second poorest country in Central America, has an extraordinarily unequal distribution of income and high unemployment. The economy relies heavily on a narrow range of exports, notably bananas and coffee, making it vulnerable to natural disasters and shifts in commodity prices; however, investments in the maquila and non-traditional export sectors are slowly diversifying the economy. Economic growth remains dependent on the US economy its largest trading partner, and will decline in 2009 as a result of reduction in export demand and tightening global credit markets. Remittances represent over a quarter of GDP or nearly three-quarters of exports. The US-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) came into force in 2006 and has helped foster investment. Despite improvements in tax collections, the government's fiscal deficit is growing due to increases in current expenditures and financial losses from the state energy and telephone companies. |
GDP (purchasing power parity):
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$33.63 billion (2008 est.)
$32.34 billion (2007)
$30.42 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars |
GDP - per capita (PPP):
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$4,400 (2008 est.)
$4,300 (2007 est.)
$4,200 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars |
GDP (official exchange rate):
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$13.78 billion (2008 est.) |
GDP - real growth rate:
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4% (2008 est.)
6.3% (2007 est.)
6.3% (2006 est.) |
GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 13.4%
industry: 28.2%
services: 58.5% (2008 est.) |
Investment (gross fixed):
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31.5% of GDP (2008 est.) |
Population below poverty line:
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50.7% (2004) |
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 42.2% (2003) |
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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53.8 (2003) |
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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11.9% (2008 est.) |
Central bank discount rate:
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NA |
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
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16.61% (31 December 2007) |
Stock of money:
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$1.573 billion (31 December 2007) |
Stock of money - per capita:
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202 USD per capita |
Stock of quasi money:
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$5.266 billion (31 December 2007) |
Stock of quasi money - per capita:
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676 USD per capita |
Stock of domestic credit:
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$6.298 billion (31 December 2007) |
Stock of domestic credit - per capita:
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809 USD per capita |
Labor force:
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2.892 million (2008 est.) |
Labor force participation rate:
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37.11 % of population |
Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture: 39.2%
industry: 20.9%
services: 39.8% (2005 est.) |
Unemployment rate:
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27.8% (2007 est.) |
Budget:
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revenues: $2.628 billion
expenditures: $3.183 billion; including capital expenditures of $106 million (2008 est.) |
Budget revenues per capita:
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338 USD per capita |
Public debt:
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21% of GDP (2008 est.) |
Industries:
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sugar, coffee, textiles, clothing, wood products |
Industrial production growth rate:
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4% (2008 est.) |
Electricity - production:
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5.753 billion kWh (2006 est.) |
Electricity - production per capita:
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739 kWh per capita |
Electricity - consumption:
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4.233 billion kWh (2006 est.) |
Electricity - consumption - per capita:
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544 kWh per capita |
Electricity - exports:
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0 kWh (2007 est.) |
Electricity - imports:
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11.8 million kWh (2007 est.) |
Oil - production:
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.) |
Oil - production per capita:
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void |
Oil - consumption:
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46,830 bbl/day (2006 est.) |
Oil - consumption - per capita:
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2.19 bbl/year per capita |
Oil - exports:
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417.9 bbl/day (2005) |
Oil - imports:
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44,040 bbl/day (2005) |
Oil - proved reserves:
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0 bbl (1 January 2006 est.) |
Natural gas - production:
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0 cu m (2007 est.) |
Natural gas - production per capita:
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void |
Natural gas - consumption:
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0 cu m (2007 est.) |
Natural gas - consumption - per capita:
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void |
Natural gas - exports:
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0 cu m (2007 est.) |
Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2007 est.) |
Natural gas - proved reserves:
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0 cu m (1 January 2006 est.) |
Agriculture - products:
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bananas, coffee, citrus; beef; timber; shrimp, tilapia, lobster; corn, African palm |
Current account balance:
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-$2.047 billion (2008 est.) |
Current account balance - per capita:
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-262 USD per capita |
Exports:
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$6.236 billion f.o.b. (2008 est.) |
Exports per capita:
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801 USD per capita |
Exports - commodities:
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coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber |
Exports - partners:
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US 67.2%, El Salvador 4.9%, Guatemala 3.9% (2007) |
Imports:
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$10.2 billion f.o.b. (2008 est.) |
Imports per capita:
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1,309 USD per capita |
Imports - commodities:
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machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials, chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs |
Imports - partners:
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US 52.4%, Guatemala 7.1%, El Salvador 5.2%, Mexico 4.5%, Costa Rica 4.2% (2007) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
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$2.096 billion (31 December 2008 est.) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold - per capita:
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269 USD per capita |
Debt - external:
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$3.602 billion (31 December 2008 est.) |
Debt - external - per capita:
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463 USD per capita |
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
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void |
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home - per capita:
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void |
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
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void |
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad - per capita:
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void |
Market value of publicly traded shares:
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$NA |
Market value of publicly traded shares - per capita:
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void |
Economic aid - donor:
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void |
Economic aid - recipient:
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$680.8 million (2005) |
Economic aid - recipient per capita:
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88 USD per capita |
Currency (code):
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lempira (HNL) |
Exchange rates:
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lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004) |
Fiscal year:
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calendar year |
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