Statistics

• Total population (2008): 7,24 million
• Gross national income per capita (2005- Atlas method current US$): 1800
• Income share held by lowest 20%: n.a
• Life expectancy at birth m/f (years): 67/73 (2006)
• Rural population (% of total population) (2005): 52%
• Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) (20036): 13%
• Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births): 27 (2006)
• Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2006): 7.4%
• Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$ million): 816 (2007)

(Source: WHO, IFAD, World Bank)

Country Report

• Full Country Report in PDF

Country Fiche

• Country Fiche in PDF

Information from HLTF agencies

IMF

• Use IMF data mapper to get an insight into Honduras’s economic outlook, including key facts on demography, economy and balance of payments. Read more at: http://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/index.php
• Read the PRSP of Honduras for the period 2001-2015 at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/prsp/2001/hnd/01/083101.pdf
• Read statement after the most recent consultation mission in Honduras in early March 2009 at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2009/pr0966.htm and read also after staff visit on 2008 at times of food price crisis at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2008/pr08120.htm
• In 2008 IMF has supported Honduras through a stand-by arrangement. More at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2008/pr0876.htm
• To know more about Honduras’s transactions with the IMF, access: http://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/tad/extrans1.aspx?memberKey1=410&endD...

UN

• See how UN Team is organized in the country at: http://www.undg.org/index.cfm?P=1095
  and read the UNDAF 2007-2011 for Honduras at: http://www.undg.org/archive_docs/1043-Honduras_UNDAF_-_Honduras.pdf
• Get some basic info via: http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crName=Honduras
• Browse also the UN website in the country to have more insights on how agencies are coordinating on given issues. See: http://www.un.hn/index.htm

OECD

• Aid by sector at a glance in Honduras. Read more at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/62/27/1877785.gif
• Donor coordination in Honduras: country chapter is available of the OECD 2006 survey to monitor Paris declaration at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/59/43/39004776.pdf
  and learn more on 2008 update at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/39/42622460.pdf
• Get a first view at aid for trade and its contribution to the national economy: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/15/40/43191146.pdf

DESA

• See latest available sustainable development reports from the country at: http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/dsd_aofw_ni/ni_natiinfo_honduras.shtml
• Migration dynamics, including forced migration (IDPs) from DESA wall chart at: http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2009Migration_Chart/ittmig...
• See wall chart on Rural Population, Development and the Environment that displays country-based information on various aspects of population, including changes in rural populations and their relationship with development and the environment: http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2007_PopDevt/Rural_2007.pdf
• Honduras and gender: women carry the bucket of food security … http://www.unifem.org/progress/2008/media/POWW08_fig_chapter3.pdf

DPI

• More news on Honduras from UN news centre at: http://www.un.org/apps/news/search.asp and type Honduras in the search engine

ILO

• Use NATLEX database to see how labour, social security and human rights legislation evolves in Honduras: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex_browse.country?p_lang=en&p_country=HND

UNDP

• To get closer to UNDP work in Honduras, see: http://www.dj.undp.org/abtundpdj.htm
• Honduras MDGs situation at: http://www.undp.un.hn/SituacionODMHonduras.htm and MDG latest 2006 progress report at (it is preferable to download by chapter as the file is huge!): http://www.undp.un.hn/pub_indh_2006.htm
• Latest Human Development Fact Sheet for Honduras by UNDP at: http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_HND.html
  UNDP work and projects on food security/poverty reduction in Honduras can be accessed via an internal search engine at: http://www.undp.un.hn/proyectos.htm
• Read UNDP annual report for its own operations in Honduras (2008): http://www.undp.un.hn/publicaciones/Informe_ANUAL_PNUD_2008.pdf
• To know more about long term cooperation strategy between UNDP and Honduras, follow the link: http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_HND.html

UN MDGs

• MDG Monitor tracks Honduras’s performance on achieving the MDGs. What about eradication of poverty and hunger? Read more at: http://www.mdgmonitor.org/factsheets_00.cfm?c=HND&cd=

OHCHR

• Read more on human rights and on the rights of children in Honduras at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/countries/LACRegion/Pages/HNIndex.aspx

UNTAD

• Read country fact-sheet on FDI in Honduras by UNCTAD at: http://www.unctad.org/sections/dite_dir/docs/wir09_fs_hn_en.pdf
• See also FDI profile for the country (2005) at: http://www.unctad.org/sections/dite_fdistat/docs/wid_cp_hn_en.pdf and UNCTAD work on strengthening institutions and capacities in the area of competition in the country and in the region: http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/ditcclp20043_en.pdf

WTO

• Honduras and WTO at: http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/countries_e/honduras_e.htm
• See also Honduras tariffs as at 2009: http://stat.wto.org/TariffProfile/WSDBTariffPFView.aspx?Language=E&Count... and http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tariffs_e/tariff_profiles_e/hnd_e.pdf

IFAD

• Read more on who are the rural poor and why they are poor in Honduras at: http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/web/guest/country/home/tags/honduras
• Look at IFAD’s strategy in the country for 2007-2011: http://www.ifad.org/gbdocs/eb/90/e/EB-2007-90-R-8.pdf
• IFAD current runs a limited portfolio in Honduras with one ongoing project to help small farmers and IPs of central Honduras integrate in the market. See more at: http://operations.ifad.org/web/ifad/operations/country/project/tags/hond...

WB

• To see what the areas of cooperation are between the Bank and Honduras, as per the Bank’s CAS, please look at: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTHONDURAS/Resources/CAS372800HNA.pdf
• Read more about regional topics which are also relevant to Honduras and to the work of the Bank in the country: http://go.worldbank.org/77R102HHZ0
• Read more on drivers of rural development in Honduras (policy brief) at: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2... and read also the brief on PACTA (access to land pilot project in Honduras) at: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2...
• And learn more on World Bank interventions after the food crisis in 2008 through its food facility at: http://www.worldbank.org/foodcrisis/pdf/GFRPProjectStatus.pdf
• Full list and links to currently active projects available at: http://web.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=295103&pagePK=1411...

FAO

• FAO’s country profile for Honduras at (browse various maps by entering the right box): http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index.asp?lang=en&ISO3=HND
• Learn more on FAO response to food crisis in Honduras, also based on an Inter-Agency Mission at: http://www.fao.org/isfp/country-information/honduras/en/
• Read also GIEWS early warning on good prospects for maize but persistently higher prices in the country at: http://www.fao.org/giews/countrybrief/country.jsp?code=HND
  and browse FAO price data and analysis using new FAO price-tool by country at http://www.fao.org/giews/pricetool/

WFP

• To have a quick glimpse at hunger hotspots in the country and WFP work in Honduras, go to the country page: http://www.wfp.org/countries/honduras
• And learn more on the country programme of the WFP up to 2011 at: http://www.wfp.org/content/country-programme-honduras-2008-2011
• Learn more on WFP projects in Honduras to enhance country natural disaster risk preparedness at: http://www.wfp.org/operations/list?tid=207&tid_1=All&field_id_value=
• Read also 2008 quick assessment on the impact of rising food prices in the country in the wider regional context: http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/ena/wfp189876.pdf

UNHCR

• For some specific info on Honduras pls visit the regional operations webpage and see what UNHCR focuses on, at: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e492686
• See UNHCR minority groups report for Honduras at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,,COUNTRYPROF,HND,4562d94e2,4954ce...

OCHA

• Read how CERF is helping address drought emergency in the southern part of the country (2010).More at: http://www.undp.un.hn/ayuda_onu_sequia_sur_10.htm
• See the 2009 flash appeal update for Honduras due to tropical storms at: http://ochaonline.un.org/humanitarianappeal/webpage.asp?MenuID=13427&Pag...
• See how CERF is supporting responses to emergencies in Honduras (2010) http://ochaonline.un.org/CERFaroundtheWorld/Honduras2010/tabid/6409/lang... and see also 2009 support at: http://ochaonline.un.org/CERFaroundtheWorld/Honduras2009/tabid/6383/lang...

UNICEF

• Nutritional facts and basic statistics on Honduras with a focus on issues facing children in the country: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/honduras_2026.html
• Basic statistics from UNICEF policy division at: http://www.childinfo.org/files/LAC_Honduras.pdf
• Use UNICEF dataset for statistics and monitoring to generate your own charts on variables of your interest in child malnutrition in Honduras (stats can be compared with regional and sub-regional trends) by using: http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index_step1.php?sid=769da8d35b037a9b0c9...
• Read also UNICEF/WHO report t on immunization in the country 1980-2008 at: http://www.childinfo.org/files/honduras_1980_2008.pdf

WHO

• More statistics on health, child mortality, water access and sanitation at WHO: http://www.who.int/countries/hnd/en/
• See country cooperation strategy up to by browsing: http://www.who.int/countryfocus/cooperation_strategy/ccsbrief_hnd_en.pdf
• See most recent news on country mission in relation to food and nutrion security programmes at: http://new.paho.org/hon/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=186&It...

UNEP

• Read section V of the following report to get an idea of existing environmental policies and strategies in the country: http://www.unep.org/biosafety/Documents/Honduras%20NBF.pdf