Honduras

Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a haven for anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Marxist Nicaraguan Government and an ally to Salvadoran Government forces fighting leftist guerrillas. The country was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed about 5,600 people and caused approximately $2 billion in damage. Since then, the economy has slowly rebounded.
==Economical characteristics==
* Currency: Lempira (ISO code: HNL)
* Central bank discount rate: NA%
* Commercial banks lending rate: 17.94% (31 December 2008)
* Stock of money (M1): $1.633 billion (31 December 2008)
* Quasi money (with M1 makes M2): $5.574 billion (31 December 2008)
===Statistics===
Statistic / Year 	1999 	2000 	2001 	2002 	2003 	2004 	2005 	2006 	2007 	2008
GDP (million USD)World Bank. "Honduras: GDP", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30. 	5 373	7 106	7 567	7 776	8 234 	8 773 	9 671 	10 864	11 986	13 343
Govt. debt (% of GDP)World Bank. "Honduras: government debt", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30. 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Govt. revenue (% of GDP)World Bank. "Honduras: government revenue", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30. 	 	 	 	 	19.955	20.754	20.749	21.110	21.966	22.280
Govt. expenses (% of GDP)World Bank. "Honduras: government expenses", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30.	 	 	 	 	20.903	19.541	19.882	19.908	22.323	21.598
Debt to revenue (years) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==References==
Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.
==External links==
* Honduras on Wikipedia
* Central bank of Honduras
* Country profile (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
* Studies from the Library of Congress (1986-1998)
* BBC country profile
Category:Countries