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Transport and infrastructure in Honduras

Our listing of the primary types of transport compares the infrastructure of Honduras with the average of all countries in America. The traffic routes have noticeable defects in many places and are often not in particularly good condition.

In terms of the length of its rail network, Honduras ranks 95th in the world with 0.07 meters per inhabitant. In total, the rail network is 699 kilometers long.

The waterways listed refer to inland traffic on rivers and canals. The number of ports includes those located on the 669 km of coastline. In 2021, about 824,876 freight containers were transported.

Airports in Honduras


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Road traffic

The network of roads and highways has a total length of 14,742 km. For each of the country's 10.28 million inhabitants, this corresponds to 1.43 meters. This puts Honduras in 186th place in the global ranking. However, the country's size and population density of around 91 inhabitants per km² must also be taken into account. Countries with fewer inhabitants in the same or even larger area naturally achieve quite different values here and have to connect remote areas to the transport network despite a smaller population.

With an average of 1552 traffic fatalities per year (2013 - 2019), road traffic in Honduras is considered rather mixed. This corresponds to 16.2 accident fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 12.3 in the USA and 17.0 worldwide.

In Honduras, traffic drives on the right-hand side of the road, i.e. people drive in the right-hand lane and overtake on the left. Oncoming traffic comes toward you on the left side. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.


 

Honduras

 totalper 1 mio
inhabitants
per km²
Roadways14,700 km1,434.28 km131.05 m
Railroads700 km68.01 km6.21 m
Waterways465 km45.24 km4.13 m
Commercial harbors50549.130.004
Airports70.680.062
 

Central America

 total per 1 mio
inhabitants
per km²
Roadways950,800 km4,294.37 km349.46 m
Railroads31,600 km142.75 km11.62 m
Waterways9,600 km43.32 km3.53 m
Commercial harbors15,67470.790.006
Airports2331.050.000


Data sources used

Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)
UNCTAD
Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
CIA Factbook
OECD Statistics
Wikipedia (german)
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