Honduras: Tax revenue
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| Honduras |
Tax revenue, percent of GDP |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 15.07 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 1972 - 2020 |
| Average | 12.97 |
| Min - Max | 8.32 - 17.34 |
| Source | The World Bank |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2020 is 15.07 percent, a decline from 17.34 percent in 2015. In comparison, the world average is 16.17 percent, based on data from 133 countries. Historically, the average for Honduras from 1972 to 2020 is 12.97 percent. The minimum value, 8.32 percent, was reached in 1972 while the maximum of 17.34 percent was recorded in 2015.
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| Recent values | Honduras: Tax revenue |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 15.07 |
| 2015 | 17.34 |
| 2014 | 16.54 |
| 2013 | 15.06 |
| 2012 | 14.75 |
| 2011 | 14.79 |
| 2010 | 14.43 |
| 2009 | 14.16 |
Definition: Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutionalunits to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Government spending, percent of GDP | 15.22 | 2025 | percent |
| Government spending, in dollars | 6.03 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Fiscal balance, percent of GDP | -1.12 | 2024 | percent |
| Primary budget balance | -0.37 | 2024 | percent |
| Tax revenue | 15.07 | 2020 | percent |
| Taxes on goods and services | 43.38 | 2020 | percent |
| Taxes on international trade | 2.62 | 2020 | percent |
| Income and profits taxes | 19.51 | 2020 | percent |
| Foreign aid | 550.77 | 2023 | million U.S. dollars |
| Government debt | 47.07 | 2024 | percent |
| Government debt in foreign currency, percent | 72.48 | 2024 | percent |
| Government debt held by non-residents | 60.78 | 2024 | percent |
| Sovereign debt average maturity | 5.61 | 2024 | percent |