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Government debt in Honduras

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Honduras's government debt is 41.20 % — #38 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

41.20%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.4 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Honduras over time

236.50 %129.15 %21.80 %236.50 % · 199021.80 % · 20101990: 236.50 %1991: 135.40 %1992: 123.20 %1993: 111.70 %1994: 85.50 %1995: 65.40 %1996: 64.60 %1997: 70.80 %1998: 67.40 %1999: 75.80 %2000: 65.80 %2001: 63.40 %2002: 64.20 %2003: 67.80 %2004: 60.90 %2005: 55.60 %2006: 39.20 %2007: 24.00 %2008: 22.30 %2009: 23.80 %2010: 21.80 %2011: 24.60 %2012: 27.10 %2013: 37.30 %2014: 35.20 %2015: 38.30 %2016: 39.40 %2017: 41.30 %2018: 42.40 %2019: 43.30 %2020: 53.50 %2021: 52.70 %2022: 46.90 %2023: 41.70 %2024: 41.50 %2025: 41.20 %19902008202541.20 %
36 official observations, 1990 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#38 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
69 %
86 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.30 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
195.30 pp
peak 236.50 % in 1990
Full series
▼ 195.30 pp
since 1990

In Americas: #7 of 26vs median 54.55 %: −13.35 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Honduras: ahead of 69 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtHonduras 41.20 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Honduras is ahead of 69 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Honduras
36 Lithuania39.80 %−1.40 pp
37 Indonesia41.00 %−0.20 pp
38 Honduras41.20 %—
39 Qatar41.40 %+0.20 pp
40 Chile41.80 %+0.60 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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