Industrial production growth rate:
7.7% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
4.805 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 50.2%
hydro: 49.8%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
4.824 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
356 million kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
37,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Current account balance:
$-160 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$1.947 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber

Exports - partners:
US 73.3%, Guatemala 2.9%, El Salvador 2.9% (2005)

Imports:
$4.86 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, industrial raw materials,
chemical products, fuels, foodstuffs (2000)

Imports - partners:
US 52.6%, Guatemala 6.4%, El Salvador 4.1% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.778 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$5.587 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$557.8 million (1999)

Currency (code):
lempira (HNL)

Currency code:
HNL

Exchange rates:
lempiras per US dollar - 18.9278 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206
(2004), 17.345 (2003), 16.433 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Honduras

Telephones - main lines in use:
494,400 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.282 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate system
domestic: NA
international: country code - 504; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave
System

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 241, FM 53, shortwave 12 (1998)

Radios:
2.45 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
11 (plus 17 repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:
570,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.hn

Internet hosts:
3,973 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
8 (2000)

Internet users:
223,000 (2005)

Transportation Honduras

Airports:
116 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 3 (2006