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Government debt in Honduras

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Honduras's government debt is 40.30 % — #38 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

40.30%

Checked 24 Oct 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 %129.40 %22.30 %236.50 % · 199022.30 % · 20081990: 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: 25.50 %2010: 23.40 %2011: 26.00 %2012: 28.40 %2013: 38.60 %2014: 36.30 %2015: 39.30 %2016: 40.30 %2017: 42.20 %2018: 43.20 %2019: 44.10 %2020: 54.30 %2021: 52.70 %2022: 46.90 %2023: 42.00 %2024: 42.20 %2025: 40.30 %19902008202540.30 %
36 official observations, 1990 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#38 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
70 %
87 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 1.90 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
196.20 pp
peak 236.50 % in 1990
Full series
▼ 196.20 pp
since 1990

In Americas: #7 of 26vs median 54.70 %: −14.40 pp (better)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Honduras: ahead of 70 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtHonduras 40.30 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Honduras is ahead of 70 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Honduras
36 Lithuania39.50 %−0.80 pp
37 Switzerland40.10 %−0.20 pp
38 Honduras40.30 %—
39 Indonesia40.90 %+0.60 pp
40 Chile41.50 %+1.20 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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