Factbook
Histoire de Honduras — Chronologie
Dates clés de l'histoire de Honduras, d'après le Factbook Magna et l'Encyclopédie universelle.
1821Independence: 15 September 1821 (from Spain).
1821Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821.
1982After two and a half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982.
1998Hurricane Mitch devastated the country in 1998, killing about 5,600 people and causing approximately $2 billion in damage.
2020Since then, the economy has slowly rebounded, despite COVID-19 and severe storm-related setbacks in 2020 and 2021.
2023Generation mix — fossil fuels: 38.4% of total installed capacity (2023 est.); solar: 8.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.); wind: 5.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.); hydroelectricity: 33.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.); geothermal: 3% of total insta Energy use: 16.642 million Btu/person (2023 est.).
2023Industries: sugar processing, coffee, woven and knit apparel, wood products, cigars Agriculture: sugarcane, oil palm fruit, maize, milk, bananas, coffee, cantaloupes/melons, oranges, chicken, beans (2023) Electricity access: 94.4% (2022 est.).
2023Languages: Spanish (official), Amerindian dialects Religions: Evangelical 55%, Roman Catholic 33.4%, none 10.1%, unspecified 1.5% (2023 est.) Urban population: 60.2% of total population (2023).
2023Major urban areas: 1.568 million TEGUCIGALPA (capital), 982,000 San Pedro Sula (2023) second-fastest-growing Central American economy; COVID-19 and two hurricanes crippled activity; high poverty and inequality; declining-but-still-high violent crime disruption; systemic corruption; coffee and banana exporter; enormous remittances Inflation: 4.6% (2024 est.).
2024Military spending: 1.5% of GDP (2024 est.).
