Full democracy in Honduras
Honduras: Full democracy was 0 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
0
World rank
78th
of 198 countries
All-time high
1
in 1998
All-time low
0
in 1838
Years of data
188
1838–2025
Full democracy in Honduras, 1838–2025
Source: Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 0 for full democracy in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 188 years on record.
Over the whole period, full democracy in Honduras peaked at 1 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1838.
That places Honduras 78th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Full democracy in Honduras, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1838 | 0 | — |
| 1839 | 0 | — |
| 1840 | 0 | — |
| 1841 | 0 | — |
| 1842 | 0 | — |
| 1843 | 0 | — |
| 1844 | 0 | — |
| 1845 | 0 | — |
| 1846 | 0 | — |
| 1847 | 0 | — |
| 1848 | 0 | — |
| 1849 | 0 | — |
| 1850 | 0 | — |
| 1851 | 0 | — |
| 1852 | 0 | — |
| 1853 | 0 | — |
| 1854 | 0 | — |
| 1855 | 0 | — |
| 1856 | 0 | — |
| 1857 | 0 | — |
| 1858 | 0 | — |
| 1859 | 0 | — |
| 1860 | 0 | — |
| 1861 | 0 | — |
| 1862 | 0 | — |
| 1863 | 0 | — |
| 1864 | 0 | — |
| 1865 | 0 | — |
| 1866 | 0 | — |
| 1867 | 0 | — |
| 1868 | 0 | — |
| 1869 | 0 | — |
| 1870 | 0 | — |
| 1871 | 0 | — |
| 1872 | 0 | — |
| 1873 | 0 | — |
| 1874 | 0 | — |
| 1875 | 0 | — |
| 1876 | 0 | — |
| 1877 | 0 | — |
| 1878 | 0 | — |
| 1879 | 0 | — |
| 1880 | 0 | — |
| 1881 | 0 | — |
| 1882 | 0 | — |
| 1883 | 0 | — |
| 1884 | 0 | — |
| 1885 | 0 | — |
| 1886 | 0 | — |
| 1887 | 0 | — |
| 1888 | 0 | — |
| 1889 | 0 | — |
| 1890 | 0 | — |
| 1891 | 0 | — |
| 1892 | 0 | — |
| 1893 | 0 | — |
| 1894 | 0 | — |
| 1895 | 0 | — |
| 1896 | 0 | — |
| 1897 | 0 | — |
| 1898 | 0 | — |
| 1899 | 0 | — |
| 1900 | 0 | — |
| 1901 | 0 | — |
| 1902 | 0 | — |
| 1903 | 0 | — |
| 1904 | 0 | — |
| 1905 | 0 | — |
| 1906 | 0 | — |
| 1907 | 0 | — |
| 1908 | 0 | — |
| 1909 | 0 | — |
| 1910 | 0 | — |
| 1911 | 0 | — |
| 1912 | 0 | — |
| 1913 | 0 | — |
| 1914 | 0 | — |
| 1915 | 0 | — |
| 1916 | 0 | — |
| 1917 | 0 | — |
| 1918 | 0 | — |
| 1919 | 0 | — |
| 1920 | 0 | — |
| 1921 | 0 | — |
| 1922 | 0 | — |
| 1923 | 0 | — |
| 1924 | 0 | — |
| 1925 | 0 | — |
| 1926 | 0 | — |
| 1927 | 0 | — |
| 1928 | 0 | — |
| 1929 | 0 | — |
| 1930 | 0 | — |
| 1931 | 0 | — |
| 1932 | 0 | — |
| 1933 | 0 | — |
| 1934 | 0 | — |
| 1935 | 0 | — |
| 1936 | 0 | — |
| 1937 | 0 | — |
| 1938 | 0 | — |
| 1939 | 0 | — |
| 1940 | 0 | — |
| 1941 | 0 | — |
| 1942 | 0 | — |
| 1943 | 0 | — |
| 1944 | 0 | — |
| 1945 | 0 | — |
| 1946 | 0 | — |
| 1947 | 0 | — |
| 1948 | 0 | — |
| 1949 | 0 | — |
| 1950 | 0 | — |
| 1951 | 0 | — |
| 1952 | 0 | — |
| 1953 | 0 | — |
| 1954 | 0 | — |
| 1955 | 0 | — |
| 1956 | 0 | — |
| 1957 | 0 | — |
| 1958 | 0 | — |
| 1959 | 0 | — |
| 1960 | 0 | — |
| 1961 | 0 | — |
| 1962 | 0 | — |
| 1963 | 0 | — |
| 1964 | 0 | — |
| 1965 | 0 | — |
| 1966 | 0 | — |
| 1967 | 0 | — |
| 1968 | 0 | — |
| 1969 | 0 | — |
| 1970 | 0 | — |
| 1971 | 0 | — |
| 1972 | 0 | — |
| 1973 | 0 | — |
| 1974 | 0 | — |
| 1975 | 0 | — |
| 1976 | 0 | — |
| 1977 | 0 | — |
| 1978 | 0 | — |
| 1979 | 0 | — |
| 1980 | 0 | — |
| 1981 | 0 | — |
| 1982 | 0 | — |
| 1983 | 0 | — |
| 1984 | 0 | — |
| 1985 | 0 | — |
| 1986 | 0 | — |
| 1987 | 0 | — |
| 1988 | 0 | — |
| 1989 | 0 | — |
| 1990 | 0 | — |
| 1991 | 0 | — |
| 1992 | 0 | — |
| 1993 | 0 | — |
| 1994 | 0 | — |
| 1995 | 0 | — |
| 1996 | 0 | — |
| 1997 | 0 | — |
| 1998 | 1 | — |
| 1999 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2010 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | — |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 0 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 78 Afghanistan 0
- 78 Albania 0
- 78 Algeria 0
- 78 Angola 0
- 78 Armenia 0
- 78 Azerbaijan 0
- 78 Bahrain 0
- 78 Bangladesh 0
- 78 Belarus 0
- 78 Benin 0 compare
- 78 Bhutan 0
- 78 Bolivia 0 compare
- 78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
- 78 Botswana 0 compare
- 78 Brunei 0
- 78 Burkina Faso 0
- 78 Burundi 0
- 78 Cambodia 0
- 78 Cameroon 0
- 78 Central African Republic 0
- 78 Chad 0
- 78 China 0
- 78 Colombia 0
- 78 Comoros 0
- 78 Congo 0
- 78 Cote d'Ivoire 0
- 78 Cuba 0
- 78 Democratic Republic of Congo 0
- 78 Djibouti 0
- 78 East Timor 0
- 78 Ecuador 0
- 78 Egypt 0
- 78 El Salvador 0 compare
- 78 Equatorial Guinea 0
- 78 Eritrea 0
- 78 Eswatini 0
- 78 Ethiopia 0
- 78 Gabon 0
- 78 Gambia 0
- 78 Georgia 0
- 78 Guatemala 0
- 78 Guinea 0
- 78 Guinea-Bissau 0
- 78 Haiti 0
- 78 Hungary 0 compare
- 78 India 0 compare
- 78 Indonesia 0
- 78 Iran 0
- 78 Iraq 0
- 78 Israel 0
- 78 Jordan 0
- 78 Kazakhstan 0
- 78 Kenya 0
- 78 Kuwait 0
- 78 Kyrgyzstan 0
- 78 Laos 0
- 78 Lebanon 0
- 78 Lesotho 0
- 78 Liberia 0
- 78 Libya 0
- 78 Liechtenstein 0
- 78 Madagascar 0
- 78 Malawi 0
- 78 Malaysia 0
- 78 Maldives 0
- 78 Mali 0
- 78 Mauritania 0
- 78 Mexico 0
- 78 Moldova 0
- 78 Monaco 0
- 78 Montenegro 0
- 78 Morocco 0
- 78 Mozambique 0
- 78 Myanmar 0
- 78 Nepal 0
- 78 Nicaragua 0
- 78 Niger 0
- 78 Nigeria 0
- 78 North Korea 0
- 78 North Macedonia 0
- 78 Oman 0
- 78 Pakistan 0
- 78 Palestine 0
- 78 Paraguay 0
- 78 Peru 0 compare
- 78 Philippines 0 compare
- 78 Qatar 0
- 78 Russia 0
- 78 Rwanda 0
- 78 Saudi Arabia 0
- 78 Senegal 0 compare
- 78 Serbia 0
- 78 Sierra Leone 0
- 78 Singapore 0
- 78 Slovakia 0 compare
- 78 Solomon Islands 0 compare
- 78 Somalia 0
- 78 South Sudan 0
- 78 Sri Lanka 0 compare
- 78 Sudan 0
- 78 Syria 0
- 78 Tajikistan 0
- 78 Tanzania 0
- 78 Thailand 0
- 78 Togo 0
- 78 Tunisia 0
- 78 Turkey 0
- 78 Turkmenistan 0
- 78 USSR 0
- 78 Uganda 0
- 78 Ukraine 0
- 78 United Arab Emirates 0
- 78 Uzbekistan 0
- 78 Vatican 0
- 78 Venezuela 0 compare
- 78 Vietnam 0
- 78 Western Sahara 0
- 78 Yemen 0
- 78 Zambia 0
- 78 Zimbabwe 0
More social development data for Honduras
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 270 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 94,449 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 4 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0086 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 94,449 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is full democracy in Honduras?
- Full democracy in Honduras was 0 in 2025, according to Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest full democracy recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1998.
- What is the lowest full democracy recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1838.
- How does Honduras rank for full democracy?
- Honduras ranks 78th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Full democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Identifies if a country is a full democracy using the extended Lexical Index of Electoral Democracy (LIED+).