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Honduras

EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness

EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

5.8

Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

3.8

Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

3.7

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour7
Worker rights & FOA6
OHS & audit transparency6
Food & product safety5
Environmental & regulatory6
Governance & anti-corruption8
Tariff & preferential access2
Non-tariff barriers5
Supply chain traceability7

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict5
Supplier concentration2
Climate & physical risk6
Sanctions exposure1
Policy continuity & property rights5

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness8
Supply base depth3
Logistics & infrastructure3
Workforce skills3
Scalability7
Ease of doing business3
Trade access & tariffs2
Sustainability baseline2
Innovation & IP3
Quality standards3

9 = most attractive · methodology & sources

Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.

Data layers

The EU is Honduras's #4 import source (world lens). Honduras is the EU's #98 goods supplier.

Honduras on the world stage

Honduras$14.5bn total importsUSA34.1% · $4.9bnUS34.1% · $4.9bnChina17.6% · $2.6bnMexico7.3% · $1.1bnEU-276.1% · $885mGuatemala5.2% · $750mEl Salvador4.1% · $600mASEAN-64.0% · $577mJapan1.7% · $247m

Total imports

$14.5bn

2024 annual

Total exports

$7.0bn

138 partners

#1 import source

USA

34.1%

#1 export dest.

USA

46.8%

2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).

Honduras and the EU

EU imports from

€1.5bn

0.1% of extra-EU

EU exports to

€776m

0.0% of extra-EU

EU supplier rank

EU's #98 supplier

EU trade balance

import-tilted

coverage 0.52

2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →

Electricity & grid

National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated

Electricity costs →

Industrial

181

EUR/MWh

Consumer

180

EUR/MWh, all-in

Grid carbon

290

gCO₂e/kWh

Renewables

–

of generation

regulated market

Power market

● Import dependence

Market model

Single buyer (ENEE, being unbundled)

Direct PPA

Limited

grid access: limited

Reserve margin

–

Regulator

Independent

CREE (Comision Reguladora de Energia Electrica)

Expensive imported fuel (diesel, HFO) drives high generation costs. ENEE (state utility) is in financial crisis with high technical and non-technical losses. Unbundling is underway but slow.

Power markets: full layer →

Tracked infrastructure

3 hydro plants

513 MW · 1 building

Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →

Metal mining

Tagged mines

2

2 production-backed

Acid-drainage prone

0

high water-risk ore class

Main commodities

Gold

Mine-water verifiability

Blind spot

limited open-data infrastructure

Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →

Demographics

UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant

ASEAN demographics →

Median age

23.9

→ 32.3 by 2050

Fertility

2.48

above replacement

Working-age

65%

aged 15–64

Old-age dep.

6.8

→ 15.1 by 2050

Median age 1990–2050

Population 10.8M · peaks 2090

By 2050: +37% (14.8M)