machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products
External Debt
$4,884,000,000 $
$2,352,000,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6689 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.500%
0.900%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
3
Location
Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua
Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain
Area
112,090 km sq
70,273 km sq
Coastline
820 km
1,448 km
Climate
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains
temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time
