Central government expense in Honduras

Central government expense in Honduras was equal to 24.4% of GDP in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1972.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1972 to 2020 Source: World Bank
Honduras, 2020 24.4% % of GDP
Change from 2015 +2.4percentage points 2015: 22.0%
World, 2020 33.4% Official aggregate

Central government expense in Honduras over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2022
Period HondurasWorld
2022 – 28.5%
2021 – 31.7%
2020 24.4% 33.4%
2019 – 26.7%
2018 – 26.1%
2017 – 26.3%
2016 – 26.6%
2015 22.0% 26.8%
2014 24.2% 26.8%
2013 23.9% 27.1%
2012 23.5% 27.4%
2011 22.5% 27.5%
2010 22.7% 28.4%
2009 23.6% 28.4%
2008 22.0% 25.9%
2007 22.4% 24.8%
2006 19.9% 24.9%
2005 19.9% 25.1%
2004 19.5% 24.8%
2003 20.9% 25.2%
2002 – 24.9%
2001 – 24.7%
2000 – 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 22.0% in 2015, a change of +2.4 percentage points.
  • Since 2006, when it was 19.9%, the figure has changed by +4.5 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2020 was 33.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1972 to 2020 for Honduras
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics