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2007/2008 Human Development Report

Honduras
HDI Rank - 115
Excel Country Factsheet

01. Human development index
Human development index value, 2005 0.700
Life expectancy at birth, annual estimates (years), 2005 69.4
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-2005 80.0
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education (%), 2005 71.2 1
GDP per capita (PPP US$), 2005 3,430 2
Life expectancy index 0.739
Education index 0.771
GDP index 0.590
GDP per capita (PPP US$) rank minus HDI rank 3
1a. Basic indicators for other UN member states
Life expectancy at birth, annual estimates (years), 2000-05 69.4
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-2005 80.0
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education (%), 2005 71.2
GDP per capita (PPP US$), 2005 3,430
Population, total (thousands), 2004 6,834
Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 2000-05 3.7
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 2005 40
Net primary enrolment rate (%), 2004 91
HIV prevalence (% aged 15-49), 2005 1.5 [0.8–2.4]
Population undernourished (% of total population), 2002/04 23
Population using an improved water source (%), 2004 87
02. Human development index trends
Human development index (trends), 1975 0.528
Human development index (trends), 1980 0.578
Human development index (trends), 1985 0.611
Human development index (trends), 1990 0.634
Human development index (trends), 1995 0.653
Human development index (trends), 2000 0.668
Human development index (trends), 2005 0.700
03. Human and income poverty: developing countries
Human poverty index (HPI-1) rank 41
Human Poverty Index (HPI-1) value (%) 16.5
Probability at birth of not surviving to age 40 (% of cohort), 2000-05 12.9
Adult illiteracy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-2005 20.0
Population not using an improved water source (%), 2004 13
Children underweight for age (% under age 5), 1996-2005 17
Population living below $1 a day (%), 1990-2005 14.9
Population living below $2 a day (%), 1990-2005 35.7
Population living below the national poverty line (%), 1990-2004 50.7 3
HPI-1 rank minus income poverty rank - 5
04. Human and income poverty: OECD countries, Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS
Human poverty index (HPI-2) rank ..
Human poverty index (HPI-2) value (%) ..
Probability at birth of not surviving to age 60 (% of cohort), 2000-05 25.6
Population lacking functional literacy skills (% aged 16-65), 1994-2003 ..
Long-term unemployment (% of labour force), 2006 ..
Population living below 50% of median income (%), 2000-2004 .. 3
Population living below $11 a day (1994 PPP US$), 1994-95 ..
Population living below $4 a day (1990 PPP US$), 2000-04 .. 3
HPI-2 rank minus income poverty rank ..
05. Demographic trends
Population, total (millions), 1975 3.1
Population, total (millions), 2005 6.8
Population, total (millions), 2015 8.3
Population, annual growth rate (%), 1975-2005 2.6
Population, annual growth rate (%), 2005-15 1.9
Population, urban (% of total population), 1975 32.1
Population, urban (% of total population), 2005 46.5
Population, urban (% of total population), 2015 51.4
Population under age 15 (% of total population), 2005 40.0
Population under age 15 (% of total population), 2015 34.3
Population aged 65 and older (% of total population), 2005 4.1
Population aged 65 and older (% of total population), 2015 4.6
Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 1970-75 7.1
Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 2000-05 3.7
06. Commitment to health: resources, access and services
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP), 2004 4.0
Private expenditure on health (% of GDP), 2004 3.2
Health expenditure per capita (PPP US$), 2004 197
One-year-olds fully immunized against tuberculosis (%), 2005 91
One-year-olds fully immunized against measles (%), 2005 92
Children with diarrhoea receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding (% under age 5), 1998-2005 ..
Contraceptive prevalence rate (% of married women aged 15-49), 1997-2005 62
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%), 1997-2005 56
Physicians (per 100,000 people), 2000-04 57 3
07. Water, sanitation and nutritional status
Population using improved sanitation (%), 1990 50
Population using improved sanitation (%), 2004 69
Population using an improved water source (%), 1990 84
Population using an improved water source (%), 2004 87
Population undernourished (% of total population), 1990-92 23 3
Population undernourished (% of total population), 2002-04 23
Children under weight for age (% under age 5), 1996-2005 17
Children under height for age (% under age 5), 1996-2005 30 3
Infants with low birthweight (%), 1998-2005 14
08. Inequalities in maternal and child health
Survey year for inequality data in table 8 ..
Births attended by skilled health personnel, poorest 20% (%) ..
Births attended by skilled health personnel, richest 20% (%) ..
One-year-olds fully immunized, poorest 20% (%) ..
One-year-olds fully immunized, richest 20% (%) ..
Children under height for age, poorest 20% (% children under age 5) ..
Children under height for age, richest 20% (% children under age 5) ..
Infant mortality rate, poorest 20% (per 1,000 live births) ..
Infant mortality rate, richest 20% (per 1,000 live births) ..
Under-five mortality rate, poorest 20% (per 1,000 live births) ..
Under-five mortality rate, richest 20% (per 1,000 live births) ..
09. Leading global health crises and risks
HIV prevalence (% aged 15-49), 2005 1.5 [0.8–2.4]
Condom use at last high-risk sex, women (% aged 15-24), 1999-2005 ..
Condom use at last high-risk sex, men (% aged 15-24), 1999-2005 ..
Children under age 5 using insecticide-treated bednets (%), 1999-2005 ..
Children under age 5 with fever treated with antimalarial drugs (%), 1999-2005 ..
Tuberculosis cases, prevalence (per 100,000 people), 2005 99
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS (%), 2005 82
Tuberculosis cases cured under DOTS (%), 2003 85
Prevalence of smoking, women (% of adults), 2002-04 .. 3
Prevalence of smoking, men (% of adults), 2002-04 .. 3
10. Survival: progress and setbacks
Life expectancy at birth, quinquennial estimates (years), 1970-75 53.9
Life expectancy at birth, quinquennial estimates (years), 2000-05 68.6
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 1970 116
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 2005 31
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 1970 170
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 2005 40
Probability at birth of surviving to age 65, female (% of cohort), 2000-05 76.6
Probability at birth of surviving to age 65, male (% of cohort), 2000-05 62.1
Maternal mortality ratio, reported (per 100,000 live births), 1990-2004 110
Maternal mortality ratio, adjusted (per 100,000 live births), 2000 280 3
11. Commitment to education: public spending
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 1991 3.8
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 2002-05 ..
Public expenditure on education (% of total government expenditure), 1991 ..
Public expenditure on education (% of total government expenditure), 2002-05 ..
Current public expenditure on education, pre-primary and primary (as % of all levels), 1991 ..
Current public expenditure on education, pre-primary and primary (as % of all levels), 2002-05 ..
Current public expenditure on education, secondary (% of all levels), 1991 ..
Current public expenditure on education, secondary (% of all levels), 2002-05 ..
Current public expenditure on education, tertiary (% of all levels), 1991 ..
Current public expenditure on education, tertiary (% of all levels), 2002-05 ..
12. Literacy and enrolment
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1985-1995 ..
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-2005 80.0
Youth literacy rate (% aged 15-24), 1985-1995 ..
Youth literacy rate (% aged 15-24), 1995-2005 88.9
Net primary enrolment rate (%), 1991 89 4
Net primary enrolment rate (%), 2005 91 4
Net secondary enrolment rate (%), 1991 21
Net secondary enrolment rate (%), 2005 ..
Children reaching grade 5 (% of grade 1 students), 1991 ..
Children reaching grade 5 (% of grade 1 students), 2004 70 4
Tertiary students in science, engineering, manufacturing and construction (% of tertiary students), 1999-2005 23
13. Technology: diffusion and creation
Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people), 1990 18
Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people), 2005 69
Cellular subscribers (per 1,000 people), 1990 0
Cellular subscribers (per 1,000 people), 2005 178
Internet users (per 1,000 people), 1990 0
Internet users (per 1,000 people), 2005 36
Patents granted to residents (per million peole), 2005 1
Receipts of royalties and license fees (US$ per person), 2005 0
Research and development expenditure (% of GDP), 2000-2005 4.96433445849908E-02
Researchers in R&D; (per million people), 1990-2005 ..
14. Economic performance
GDP (current US$ billions), 2005 8.3
GDP, PPP (current international $ billions), 2005 24.7 5
GDP per capita (US$), 2005 1,151
GDP per capita, PPP (2005 international $), 2005 3,430 5
GDP per capita, annual growth rate (%), 1975-2005 0.2
GDP per capita, annual growth rate (%), 1990-2005 0.5
GDP per capita, highest value (2005 PPP US$), 1975-2005 3,430
GDP per capita, year of highest value 2005
Consumer price index, average annual change in (%), 1990-2005 15.0
Consumer price index, average annual change in (%), 2004-05 8.8
15. Inequality in income or expenditure
Survey Year 2003 6
Share of income or consumption, poorest 10% (%) 1.2
Share of income or consumption, poorest 20% (%) 3.4
Share of income or consumption, richest 20% (%) 58.3
Share of income or consumption, richest 10% (%) 42.2
Inequality measures, ratio of richest 10% to poorest 10% 34.2
Inequality measures, ratio of richest 20% to poorest 20% 17.2
Gini index 53.8
16. Structure of trade
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP), 1990 40
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP), 2005 61
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP), 1990 37
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP), 2005 41
Primary exports (% of merchandise exports), 1990 91
Primary exports (% of merchandise exports), 2005 64
Manufactured exports (% of merchandise exports), 1990 9
Manufactured exports (% of merchandise exports), 2005 36
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports), 1990 ..
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports), 2005 2.2 7
Terms of trade (2000=100), 2004-2005 90
17. OECD-DAC country expenditures on aid
Official development assistance, net disbursed (US$ millions), 2005 ..
Official development assistance, net disbursed (% of GNI), 1990 ..
Official development assistance, net disbursed (% of GNI), 2005 ..
Official development assistance per capita of donor country (2005 US$), 1990 ..
Official development assistance per capita of donor country (2005 US$), 2005 ..
Official development assistance to least developed countries (% of total), 1990 ..
Official development assistance to least developed countries (% of total), 2005 ..
Official development assistance to basic social services (% of total allocable by sector), 1996-1997 ..
Official development assistance to basic social services (% of total allocable by sector), 2004-2005 ..
Untied bilateral ODA (% of total), 1990 ..
Untied bilateral ODA (% of total), 2005 ..
18. Flows of aid, private capital and debt
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) (US$ millions), 2005 680.8
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) per capita (US$), 2005 94.5
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) (% of GDP), 1990 14.7
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) (% of GDP), 2005 8.2
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP), 1990 1.4
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP), 2005 5.6
Private flows, other (% of GDP), 1990 1.0
Private flows, other (% of GDP), 2005 0.7
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 1990 12.8
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 2005 4.6
Debt service, total (% of exports of goods, services and net income from abroad), 1990 35.3
Debt service, total (% of exports of goods, services and net income from abroad), 2005 7.2
19. Priorities in public spending
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP), 2004 4.0
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 1991 3.8
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 2002-05 ..
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1990 ..
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 2005 0.6
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 1990 12.8
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 2005 4.6
20. Unemployment in OECD countries
Unemployed people (thousands), 2006 ..
Unemployment rate Total (% of labour force), 2006 ..
Unemployment rate, average annual (% of labour force), 1996-2006 ..
Unemployment rate Female (% of male rate), 2006 ..
Youth unemployment rate, total (% of labour force aged 15-24), 2006 ..
Youth unemployment rate (female rate as % of male rate), 2006 ..
Long-term unemployment, women (% of total unemployment), 2006 ..
Long-term unemployment, men (% of total unemployment), 2006 ..
21. Unemployment and informal sector work in non-OECD countries
Unemployed people (thousands), 1996-2005 108
Unemployment rate Total (% of labour force), 1996-2005 4.1
Unemployment rate (female rate as % of male rate), 1996-2005 197
Employment, total (thousands), 1996-2005 2,544
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment), 1996-2005 39
Employment in industry (% of total employment), 1996-2005 21
Employment in services (% of total employment), 1996-2005 40
Survey year, 1990-2004 1997 3
Employment in non-agricultural informal sector, both sexes (% of non-agricultural employment), 1990-2004 58 3
Employment in non-agricultural informal sector, female (% of non-agricultural employment), 1990-2004 66 3
Employment in non-agricultural informal sector, male (% of non-agricultural employment), 1990-2004 74 3
22. Energy and the environment
Electricity consumption per capita (kilowatt-hours), 2004 730
Electricity consumption per capita (% change), 1990-2004 0.8
Electrification rate (%) 62
Population without electricity (millions) 2.7
GDP per unit of energy use (2000 PPP US$ per kg of oil equivalent), 2004 4.8
GDP per unit of energy use (% change), 1990-2004 (.)
Forest area (% total land), 2005 41.5
Forest area (thousand sq km), 2005 46.5
Forest area change from 1990-2005 (thousand sq km), 1990-2005 - 27.4
Forest area, average annual change (%), 1990-2005 - 2.5
23. Energy sources
Total primary energy supply (TPES) (Mt of oil equivalent), 1990 2.4
Total primary energy supply (TPES) (Mt of oil equivalent), 2005 3.9
Coal (% of total primary energy supply), 1990 (.)
Coal (% of total primary energy supply), 2005 2.9
Oil (% of total primary energy supply), 1990 31.1
Oil (% of total primary energy supply), 2005 51.0
Gas (% of total primary energy supply), 1990 0
Gas (% of total primary energy supply), 2005 0
Hydro, solar, wind and geothermal power (% of total primary energy supply), 1990 8.1
Hydro, solar, wind and geothermal power (% of total primary energy supply), 2005 4.0
Biomass and waste (% of total primary energy supply), 1990 62.0
Biomass and waste (% of total primary energy supply), 2005 42.0
Nuclear power (% of total primary energy supply), 1990 0
Nuclear power (% of total primary energy supply), 2005 0
24. Carbon dioxide emissions and stocks
CO2 emissions, total (Mt CO2), 1990 2.6
CO2 emissions, total (Mt CO2), 2004 7.6
CO2 emissions, average annual change in (%), 1990-2004 13.8
CO2 emissions (% of world total), 1990 (.)
CO2 emissions (% of world total), 2004 (.)
CO2 emissions per capita (tonnes), 1990 0.5
CO2 emissions per capita (tonnes), 2004 1.1
Carbon intensity of energy (kt CO2 per kt of oil equivalent), 1990 1.07
Carbon intensity of energy (kt CO2 per kt of oil equivalent), 2004 1.97
Carbon intensity of growth ( kt CO2 per million 2000 PPP US$), 1990 0.19
Carbon intensity of growth ( kt CO2 per million 2000 PPP US$), 2004 0.36
CO2 emissions/sequestration from forests (Mt CO2 per year), 1990-2005 ..
Carbon stocks in forests (living biomass) (Mt C), 2005 ..
25. Status of major international environmental treaties
Status of environmental treaties - Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (year of ratification/signature) 2000 8
Status of environmental treaties - Framework Convention on Climate Change (year of ratification/signature) 1995
Status of environmental treaties - Kyoto Protocol to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (year of ratification/signature) 2000
Status of environmental treaties - Convention on Biological Diversity (year of ratification/signature) 1995
Status of environmental treaties - Vienna Convention for the protection of the Ozone Layer (year of ratification/signature), 1988 1993
Status of environmental treaties - Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer (year of ratification/signature) 1993
Status of environmental treaties - Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (year of ratification/signature), 2001 2005
Status of environmental treaties - UN Law of the Sea (year of ratification/signature) 1993
Status of environmental treaties - UN Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (year of ratification/signature) 1997
26. Refugees and armaments
Internally displaced people (thousands), 2006 ..
Refugees by country of asylum (thousands), 2006 (.)
Refugees by country of origin (thousands), 2006 1
Conventional arms transfers, imports (1990 US$ millions), 1996 ..
Conventional arms transfers, imports (1990 US$ millions), 2006 ..
Conventional arms transfers, exports (1990 US$ millions), 2006 ..
Conventional arms transfers, exports (% of world total), 2002-06 ..
Armed forces (thousands), 2007 12
Armed forces, index (1985=100), 2007 72
27. Crime and justice
Homicides (per 100,000 people), 2000-2004 ..
Prison population total, 2007 11589
Prison population (per 100,000 people), 2007 161
Prison population (% female), 2007 3
Year in which countries have partially or completely abolished the death penalty 1956
28. Gender-related development index
Gender-related development index (GDI) rank, 2005 100
Gender-related development index (GDI) value, 2005 0.694
Life expectancy at birth, female (years), 2005 73.1
Life expectancy at birth, male (years), 2005 65.8
Adult literacy rate, female (% aged 15 and older), 2005 80.2
Adult literacy rate, male (% aged 15 and older), 2005 79.8
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education, female (%) , 2005 74
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education, male (%) , 2005 68
Estimated earned income, female (PPP US$), 2005 2,160 9
Estimated earned income, male (PPP US$), 2005 4,680 9
HDI rank minus GDI rank, 2005 0
29. Gender empowerment measure
Gender empowerment measure (GEM) rank 47
Gender empowerment measure (GEM) value 0.589
Seats in parliament (% held by women) 23.4
Legislators, senior officials and managers (% female), 1999-2005 41 10
Professional and technical workers (% female), 1994-2005 52 10
Ratio of estimated female to male earned income 0.46
30. Gender inequality in education
Adult literacy rate, female (% aged 15 and older) , 2005 80.2
Adult literacy rate (ratio of female rate to male rate), 2005 1.01
Youth literacy rate, female (% aged 15-24), 2005 90.9
Youth literacy rate (ratio of female rate to male rate), 2005 1.05
Net primary enrolment rate, female (%), 2005 92 11
Net primary enrolment rate (ratio of female rate to male rate), 2005 1.02 11
Gross primary enrolment ratio, female (%), 2005 113 11
Gross primary enrolment ratio (ratio of female ratio to male ratio) 1.00 11
Gross secondary enrolment ratio, female (%), 2005 73 11
Gross secondary enrolment ratio (ratio of female ratio to male ratio), 2005 1.24 11
Gross tertiary enrolment ratio, female (%), 2005 20 1112
Gross tertiary enrolment ratio (ratio of female ratio to male ratio), 2005 1.46 1112
31. Gender inequality in economic activity
Economic activity rate, female (% aged 15 and older), 2005 54.0
Economic activity index (1990=100), female (aged 15 and older), 2005 162
Economic activity rate (female rate as % of male rate, aged 15 and older), 2005 61
Employment in agriculture, female (% of total female employment), 1995-2005 13
Employment in agriculture, male (% of total male employment), 1995-2004 51
Employment in industry, female (% of total female employment), 1995-2003 23
Employment in industry, male (% of total male employment), 1995-2003 20
Employment in services, female (% of total female employment), 1995-2003 63
Employment in services, male (% of total male employment), 1995-2003 29
Contributing family workers, women (% of total), 1995-2005 ..
Contributing family workers, men (% of total), 1995-2004 ..
33. Women’s political participation
Year women received right to vote 1955
Year women received right to stand for election 1955
Year first woman elected (E) or appointed (A) to parliament 1957 E
Women in government at ministerial level (as % of total), 2005 14.3
Seats in lower house or single house (% held by women), 1990 10.2
Seats in lower house or single house (% held by women), 2007 23.4
Seats in upper house or senate (% held by women), 2007 NA
34. Status of major international human rights instruments
Status of human rights instruments: International convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (year of ratification/signature), 1948 1952
Status of human rights instruments: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (year of ratification/signature), 1965 2002
Status of human rights instruments: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (year of ratification/signature), 1966 1997
Status of human rights instruments: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (year of ratification/signature), 1966 1981
Status of human rights instruments: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (year of ratification/signature), 1979 1983
Status of human rights instruments: Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (year of ratification/signature), 1984 1996
Status of human rights instruments: Convention on the Rights of the Child (year of ratification/signature), 1989 1990
35. Status of fundamental labour rights conventions
Status of labour rights conventions: Freedom of association and collective bargaining - Convention 87 (year of ratification/signature) 1956
Status of labour rights conventions: Freedom of association and collective bargaining - Convention 98 (year of ratification/signature) 1956
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of forced and compulsory labour - Convention 29 (year of ratification/signature) 1957
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of forced and compulsory labour - Convention 105 (year of ratification/signature) 1958
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation - Convention 100 (year of ratification/signature) 1956
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation - Convention 111 (year of ratification/signature) 1960
Status of labour rights conventions: Abolition of child labour - Convention 138 (year of ratification/signature) 1980
Status of labour rights conventions: Abolition of child labour - Convention 182 (year of ratification/signature) 2001

Notes:
1 - National or UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimate.
2 - World Bank estimate based on regression.
3 -
4 - National or UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimate.
5 - World Bank estimates based on regression.
6 - Data refer to income shares by percentiles of population, ranked by per capita income.
7 - Data refer to an earlier year than that specified; from 2000 onwards.
8 - Signature not yet followed by ratification.
9 - No wage data are available. For the purposes of calculating the estimated female and male earned income, a value of 0.75 was used for the ratio of the female nonagricultural wage to the male nonagricultural wage.
10 - Data follow the ISCO-68 classification.
11 - National or UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimate.
12 - Data refer to an earlier year than that specified.

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