Honduras's short-term debt (% of total external debt) was 12.32% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 5.49 percentage points from 6.83% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 12.32% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 7.98% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 6.83% | 2014 |
| Highest | 20.73% | 1979 |
| Lowest | 0% | 1970 |
| Average since 2015 | 7.89% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 0% | 1970 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Honduras' short-term debt (% of total external debt) rose 0.76 percentage points on 2023 (from 11.55% to 12.32%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.22 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.24 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 17.8 percentage points in 1977 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.74 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.63 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 65% of the movement over 10 observed years.
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 43rd highest value of the 118 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 12.32% | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 16.74% | 2024 |
Closest to Honduras in the 2024 ranking
- Syrian Arab Republic — 40th of 118: 12.95%
- Tajikistan — 41st of 118: 12.49%
- Bangladesh — 42nd of 118: 12.39%
- Central African Republic — 44th of 118: 12.09%
- Paraguay — 45th of 118: 11.88%
- Kazakhstan — 46th of 118: 11.7%
What this measures
Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 55 values
| Year | Short-term debt (% of total external debt) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 12.32 |
| 2023 | 11.55 |
| 2022 | 7.83 |
| 2021 | 8.1 |
| 2020 | 5.67 |
| 2019 | 7.98 |
| 2018 | 7.65 |
| 2017 | 5.63 |
| 2016 | 5.76 |
| 2015 | 6.43 |
| 2014 |
Short-term debt (% of total external debt) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 20.05% (2024)
- Belize — 0.84% (2024)
- Bolivia — 4.04% (2024)
- Brazil — 13.92% (2024)
- Colombia — 9.44% (2024)
- Dominica — 30.49% (2024)
- Dominican Republic — 7.78% (2024)
- Ecuador — 1.04% (2024)
- El Salvador — 10.61% (2024)
- Grenada — 1.82% (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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Honduras's short-term debt (% of total external debt)?
- 12.32% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 12.32 percentage points from 0% in 1970. The highest value was 20.73% in 1979 and the lowest 0% in 1970.
- How does Honduras rank?
- 43rd highest of 118 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in short-term debt (% of total external debt) unusual for Honduras?
- In 2024, Honduras' short-term debt (% of total external debt) rose 0.76 percentage points on 2023 (from 11.55% to 12.32%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.22 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.24 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.DOD.DSTC.ZS, 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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