Honduras
Government debt in Honduras
Government debt in Honduras: 236.5% of GDP in 1990 and 40.3% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 40.3% of GDP
- Since 1990
- −196.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 104 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 38.3% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 38.3% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 236.5% of GDP in 1990, the lowest 22.3% of GDP in 2008.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Honduras |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.3 |
| 2024 | 42.2 |
| 2023 | 42.1 |
| 2022 | 46.9 |
| 2021 | 52.7 |
| 2020 | 54.3 |
| 2019 | 44.1 |
| 2018 | 43.2 |
| 2017 | 42.2 |
| 2016 | 40.3 |
| 2015 | 39.3 |
| 2014 | 36.3 |
| 2013 | 38.6 |
| 2012 | 28.4 |
| 2011 | 26.1 |
| 2010 | 23.4 |
| 2009 | 25.5 |
| 2008 | 22.3 |
| 2007 | 24 |
| 2006 | 39.2 |
| 2005 | 55.6 |
| 2004 | 60.9 |
| 2003 | 67.8 |
| 2002 | 64.3 |
| 2001 | 63.4 |
| 2000 | 65.8 |
| 1999 | 75.8 |
| 1998 | 67.4 |
| 1997 | 70.8 |
| 1996 | 64.6 |
| 1995 | 65.4 |
| 1994 | 85.5 |
| 1993 | 111.7 |
| 1992 | 123.2 |
| 1991 | 135.4 |
| 1990 | 236.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Honduras |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 |
| 2027 | 42.3 |
| 2028 | 41.3 |
| 2029 | 40.2 |
| 2030 | 39.2 |
| 2031 | 38.3 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$582M in 2025
- Military spending per person$53 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel23,000 people in 2020
- National power0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports7 million TIV in 2024