Honduras: Portfolio investment, bonds (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$)

Key figures

Since 1993 it is up 250.88% from US$152 million in 1993 (4.13% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 18 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2024, Honduras' portfolio investment, bonds (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$) rose US$700 million on 2023 (from −US$166.67 million to US$533.33 million).

Across the 9 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2023), the average change was −US$98.31 million and a typical year strayed about US$289.63 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$700 million in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was US$700 million in 2018. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2017 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 4% of the movement over 8 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 2024, Honduras had the 21st highest value of the 59 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 2024 ranking

• Paraguay — 18th of 59: US$857.42 million
• Montenegro — 19th of 59: US$750 million
• Georgia — 20th of 59: US$681.5 million
• Benin — 22nd of 59: US$515.57 million
• El Salvador — 23rd of 59: US$252.16 million
• North Macedonia — 24th of 59: US$110,000

What this measures

Bonds are securities issued with a fixed rate of interest for a period of more than one year. They include net flows through cross-border public and publicly guaranteed and private nonguaranteed bond issues. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Limitations: The DRS encourages debtor countries to voluntarily provide information on their short-term external obligations. By its nature, short-term external debt is difficult to monitor: loan-by-loan registration is normally impractical, and monitoring systems typically rely on information requested periodically by the central bank from the banking sector. The World Bank regards the debtor country as the authoritative source of information on its short-term debt. Where such information is not available from the debtor country, data are derived from BIS data on international bank lending based on time remaining to original maturity.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 14 values

Portfolio investment, bonds (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$) in nearby economies

• Argentina — US$2.14 billion (2024)
• Belize — −US$5.77 million (2024)
• Bolivia — US$0 (2024)
• Brazil — US$12.6 billion (2024)
• Colombia — US$3.76 billion (2024)
• Dominica — −US$9.78 million (2024)
• Dominican Republic — US$1.45 billion (2024)
• Ecuador — −US$1.04 billion (2024)
• El Salvador — US$252.16 million (2024)

More economic policy & debt data for Honduras

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$10.2 billion (2025)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$10.11 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$6.03 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 156.44 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$4.36 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 36.96 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 15.22% (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$32.53 billion (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Honduras's portfolio investment, bonds (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$)?

US$533.33 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1993?

It is up 250.88% from US$152 million in 1993 (4.13% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$1 billion in 2013 and the lowest −US$166.67 million in 2022.

How does Honduras rank?

21st highest of 59 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in portfolio investment, bonds (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$) unusual for Honduras?

In 2024, Honduras' portfolio investment, bonds (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$) rose US$700 million on 2023 (from −US$166.67 million to US$533.33 million). Across the 9 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2023), the average change was −US$98.31 million and a typical year strayed about US$289.63 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.BOND.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) 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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