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Honduras

15.0N 86.5W · 22 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN · 15 SEPT 1821
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1998 - present · Crisis, Migration, and a New Century
4 EVENTS
28 June 2009 · Removal of President Zelaya 2 REFS
27 Jan 2022 · Xiomara Castro inaugurated 2 REFS
1932 - 1998 · Military Rule and the Cold-War Frontier
4 EVENTS
1933-1949 · Carías dictatorship 2 REFS
Oct-Nov 1998 · Hurricane Mitch 2 REFS
1876 - 1932 · The Banana Economy and the Original Banana Republic
3 EVENTS
c. 1899 · Rise of the fruit companies 2 REFS
1910-1911 · Cuyamel and the Zemurray coup 1 REF
1821 - 1838 · Independence, Federation, and Morazán
4 EVENTS
15 Sept 1821 · Independence from Spain 2 REFS
1823 CE · Federal Republic of Central America 2 REFS
1502 - 1821 · Conquest, Lempira, and Colonial Silver
3 EVENTS
1537 CE · Lempira's resistance 2 REFS
1570s · Silver strike and rise of Tegucigalpa 2 REFS
c. 1000 BCE - 1525 CE · Copán and the First Peoples
4 EVENTS
c. 426-822 CE · Dynasty of sixteen kings 2 REFS
c. 755 CE · Hieroglyphic Stairway completed 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Tegucigalpa
Population
9.0 m
Area
112,492 km²
Region
Central America
Languages
Spanish
Currency
Honduran lempira (L)
Demonym
Honduran
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$40 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$3,598’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
3.8%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
4.6%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
91.5%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
11 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
73.0 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
59.3%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
2.5’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
88.3%’24 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
45.4’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
56.2’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
39.3’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
45.0’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
36.7’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
22.7’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
7.7%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.49’20 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
15.0’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
79.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
65.5%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
88.3%’24 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
4.5%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
79.0%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
51.8%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
23.3%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.1%’19 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
188’19 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
58.6%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
71’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
3.9%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
111,890 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
56.3%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
32.0%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
1.1’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
45.9%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
1.2%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.4%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.8%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
95.5%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
1.6%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$581 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
23,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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