Honduras: International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Honduras' international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 67.3% on 2019 (from US$499 million to US$163 million).

Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +11.1% and a typical year strayed about 18.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 45.6% in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 67.3% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 6% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2020, Honduras had the 102nd highest value of the 155 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Honduras in the 2020 ranking

• Bermuda — 99th of 155: US$191 million
• Georgia — 100th of 155: US$180 million
• Cambodia — 101st of 155: US$169 million
• North Macedonia — 103rd of 155: US$147 million
• El Salvador — 104th of 155: US$142 million
• Zimbabwe — 105th of 155: US$135 million

What this measures

International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 26 values

International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — US$27 million (2020)
• Argentina — US$2.35 billion (2020)
• Aruba — US$306 million (2020)
• Bahamas, The — US$110 million (2020)
• Barbados — US$53 million (2016)
• Belize — US$20.55 million (2020)
• Bolivia — US$274 million (2020)
• Brazil — US$5.39 billion (2020)
• Chile

More private sector & trade data for Honduras

• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 77.37% (2025)
• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$18.64 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$12 billion (2025)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 46.38% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) — 32.98% (2023)
• Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.01% (2023)
• Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$16.03 billion (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

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Questions people ask

What is Honduras's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)?

US$163 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is up 185.96% from US$57 million in 1995 (4.29% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$499 million in 2019 and the lowest US$57 million in 1995.

How does Honduras rank?

102nd highest of 155 economies with data for 2020.

Is the latest change in international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) unusual for Honduras?

In 2020, Honduras' international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 67.3% on 2019 (from US$499 million to US$163 million). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +11.1% and a typical year strayed about 18.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.TVLX.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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