{"id":125551,"date":"2023-06-28T21:05:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T02:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selasite.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=125551"},"modified":"2024-01-30T09:43:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:43:12","slug":"honduras","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/en\/member-states\/honduras\/","title":{"rendered":"Honduras"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Official name:<\/strong> REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date of membership:<\/strong> 14 June 1976<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short name:<\/strong> Honduras<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital:<\/strong> Tegucigalpa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area:<\/strong> 112,090 sq km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land boundaries:<\/strong> 1,520 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Border countries:<\/strong> Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coastline:<\/strong> 820 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural resources:<\/strong> timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment – international agreements:<\/strong> Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economic indicators<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total at current prices  <\/td>23828<\/td>Millions USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Per capita at current prices<\/td>2406<\/td>USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Growth rate per capita at constant prices<\/td>-10.4<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Imports of goods and services (GDP in current prices)<\/td>50.5<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Exports of goods and services (GDP in current prices)<\/td>35.2<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Honduras: Economic National Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Databases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. Inquiry: February 23, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Socio-demographic indicators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total population (thousands)<\/td>9 071<\/td>(000)<\/td>2015<\/td><\/tr>
Life expectancy<\/td>74<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2015-2020<\/td><\/tr>
Women<\/td>76<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2015-2020<\/td><\/tr>
Men<\/td>71<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2015-2020<\/td><\/tr>
Public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP<\/td>8.7 <\/td>%<\/td>2012<\/td><\/tr>
Literacy rate for persons between the ages of 15 to 24<\/td>97.2<\/td>%<\/td>2015<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in primary education<\/td>49.3<\/td>%<\/td>2014<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in secondary education<\/td>48.6<\/td>%<\/td>2014<\/td><\/tr>
Public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP<\/td>5.9<\/td>%<\/td>2013<\/td><\/tr>
Gini Coefficient<\/td>0.56<\/td>%<\/td>2010<\/td><\/tr>
Unemployment<\/td>8.8<\/td>%<\/td>2010<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Honduras: National Socio-Demographic Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Data Bases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. Inquiry: February 23, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Languages:<\/strong> Spanish, Amerindian dialects<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Administrative divisions:<\/strong> 18 departments (departamentos, singular – departamento): Atlantida, Choluteca, Colon, Comayagua, Copan, Cortes, El Paraiso, Francisco Morazan, Gracias a Dios, Intibuca, Islas de la Bahia, La Paz, Lempira, Ocotepeque, Olancho, Santa Barbara, Valle, Yoro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independence:<\/strong> 15 September 1821<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constitution:<\/strong> 11 January 1982, effective 20 January 1982; amended 1995<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suffrage:<\/strong> 18 years of age; universal and compulsory<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive branch:<\/strong> Chief of state: Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez (since 27 January 2014); Vicepresident: Ricardo \u00c1lvarez Arias (since 27 January 2014
Note: The president is both the chief of state and head of government .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative branch:<\/strong> Unicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional (128 seats; members are elected proportionally to the number of votes their party’s presidential candidate receives to serve four-year terms)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judicial branch:<\/strong> Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges are elected for seven-year terms by the National Congress).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internet code:<\/strong> .hn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Official Web Portal:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.sre.hn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Official name: REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS Date of membership: 14 June 1976 Short name: Honduras Capital: Tegucigalpa Geography Location: Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua. Area: 112,090 sq km Land boundaries: 1,520 km Border countries: Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua 922 km Coastline: 820 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":125521,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125551","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125551\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}