Central America
Honduras
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
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
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
Industrial
181
EUR/MWh
Consumer
180
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
290
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Import dependenceMarket 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.
Tracked infrastructure
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
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)