Honduras — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Honduras, 1961–2025.
GDP growth for Honduras was 3.75% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 29.02% in 1994. The lowest was -8.97% in 2020 (about -2.4× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.28% per year.
Honduras ranks 89 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 42%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 3.38%, so Honduras sits above it. It peaked in 1994 and has fallen 87% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 2%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 15 of 40 economies; Ecuador (3.73%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 461% in 1970. That is 10% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1967; grown tenfold by 1990. Doubling roughly every 55 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 86th of 107 in 1961 → 71st of 119 in 1970 → 10th of 152 in 1980 → 4th of 176 in 1990 → 16th of 199 in 2000 → 111th of 209 in 2010 → 166th of 209 in 2020 → 80th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.75% | +0.1 pp |
| 2024 | 3.63% | +0.1 pp |
| 2023 | 3.58% | -0.6 pp |
| 2022 | 4.14% | -8.4 pp |
| 2021 | 12.57% | +21.5 pp |
| 2020 | -8.97% | -11.5 pp |
| 2019 | 2.56% | -1.3 pp |
| 2018 | 3.84% | -1.0 pp |
| 2017 | 4.84% | +0.9 pp |
| 2016 | 3.89% | +0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 3.84% | +0.8 pp |
| 2014 | 3.06% | +0.3 pp |
| 2013 | 2.79% | -1.3 pp |
| 2012 | 4.13% | +0.3 pp |
| 2011 | 3.84% | +0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 3.73% | +6.2 pp |
| 2009 | -2.43% | -6.7 pp |
| 2008 | 4.23% | -2.0 pp |
| 2007 | 6.19% | -0.4 pp |
| 2006 | 6.57% | +0.5 pp |
| 2005 | 6.05% | -0.2 pp |
| 2004 | 6.23% | +1.7 pp |
| 2003 | 4.55% | +0.8 pp |
| 2002 | 3.75% | +1.0 pp |
| 2001 | 2.72% | -6.9 pp |
| 2000 | 9.61% | -2.0 pp |
| 1999 | 11.58% | -0.0 pp |
| 1998 | 11.58% | -10.9 pp |
| 1997 | 22.43% | -0.5 pp |
| 1996 | 22.96% | -1.7 pp |
| 1995 | 24.67% | -4.3 pp |
| 1994 | 29.02% | +15.4 pp |
| 1993 | 13.64% | +4.6 pp |
| 1992 | 9.04% | -17.0 pp |
| 1991 | 26.05% | +4.9 pp |
| 1990 | 21.17% | +14.0 pp |
| 1989 | 7.13% | -0.4 pp |
| 1988 | 7.57% | +5.8 pp |
| 1987 | 1.74% | -3.8 pp |
| 1986 | 5.54% | +0.9 pp |
| 1985 | 4.67% | +2.3 pp |
| 1984 | 2.36% | -4.6 pp |
| 1983 | 7% | +2.6 pp |
| 1982 | 4.39% | -2.9 pp |
| 1981 | 7.25% | -5.8 pp |
| 1980 | 13.05% | +1.5 pp |
| 1979 | 11.53% | -1.4 pp |
| 1978 | 12.94% | +4.3 pp |
| 1977 | 8.68% | -7.4 pp |
| 1976 | 16.1% | +10.8 pp |
| 1975 | 5.32% | -4.1 pp |
| 1974 | 9.41% | +5.0 pp |
| 1973 | 4.44% | +0.5 pp |
| 1972 | 3.91% | -0.7 pp |
| 1971 | 4.65% | -0.3 pp |
| 1970 | 4.94% | +4.1 pp |
| 1969 | 0.88% | +2.1 pp |
| 1968 | -1.18% | -4.9 pp |
| 1967 | 3.76% | +4.9 pp |
| 1966 | -1.12% | -3.7 pp |
| 1965 | 2.58% | +1.0 pp |
| 1964 | 1.55% | +0.3 pp |
| 1963 | 1.27% | -0.9 pp |
| 1962 | 2.19% | +0.5 pp |
| 1961 | 1.66% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Honduras’s GDP growth in 1962?
2.19% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Honduras’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +125.5% in total — about 1.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3.75%; 2024: 3.63%; 2023: 3.58%; 2022: 4.14%; 2021: 12.57%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.