HONDURAS
Official name: REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS
Date of membership: 14 June 1976
Short name: Honduras
Capital: Tegucigalpa
Government
Administrative divisions: 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.
Independence: 15 September 1821
Constitution: 11 January 1982, effective 20 January 1982; amended 1995
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Executive branch: Chief of state: Juan Orlando Hernández (since 27 January 2014);
Note: The president is both the chief of state and head of government .
Legislative branch: 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)
Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judges are elected for seven-year terms by the National Congress).
Internet code: .hn
Official Web Portal: http://www.sre.hn
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 km
Natural resources: timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower.
Environment - international agreements: 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
Economic indicators
| Total at current prices | 22973 | Millions USD | 2017 |
| Per capita at current prices | 2533 | USD | 2017 |
| Growth rate per capita at constant prices | 3.3 | % | 2017 |
| Country share in regional GDP | 0.4 | % | 2017 |
| Imports of goods and services (GDP in current prices) | -58.9 | % | 2017 |
| Exports of goods and services (GDP in current prices) | 43.6 | % | 2017 |
Source: Honduras: Economic National Profile. CEPALSTAT. Databases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. On line. Inquiry: July 07, 2019.
Socio-demographic indicators
| Total population (thousands) | 9746 | (000) | 2019 |
| Life expectancy | 74 | Años | 2015-2020 |
| Women | 76 | Años | 2015-2020 |
| Men | 71 | Años | 2015-2020 |
| Public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP | 7.6 | % | 2015 |
| Literacy rate for persons between the ages of 15 to 24 | 96.1 | % | 2016 |
| Net rate of enrolment in primary education | 83.3 | % | 2017 |
| Net rate of enrolment in secondary education | 45.4 | % | 2017 |
| Public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP | 6.0 | % | 2017 |
| Gini Coefficient | 0.56 | % | 2013 |
| Unemployment | 8.2 | % | 2017 |
Source: Honduras: National Socio-Demographic Profile. CEPALSTAT. Data Bases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC. On line. Inquiry: July 07, 2019.
Languages: Spanish, Amerindian dialects
