Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Honduras
Honduras: Net electricity imports as a share of demand was 1.2% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Honduras, 2000–2024
Source: Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 1.2% for net electricity imports as a share of demand in 2024.
The figure is up 7.1% on the previous year and down 68.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net electricity imports as a share of demand in Honduras peaked at 9.0% in 2002 and was at its lowest, -0.7%, in 2009.
Honduras ranks 65th of 213 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.1% | — |
| 2001 | 7.3% | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 9.0% | +22.4% |
| 2003 | 6.6% | -26.7% |
| 2004 | 6.9% | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | -86.9% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | -62.7% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | -52.5% |
| 2008 | -0.2% | -197.4% |
| 2009 | -0.7% | +375.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | -118.9% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | +284.0% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | +89.6% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | +30.9% |
| 2014 | 3.7% | +180.8% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | -55.9% |
| 2016 | 3.1% | +90.8% |
| 2017 | 4.3% | +37.1% |
| 2018 | 3.6% | -16.6% |
| 2019 | 2.3% | -35.9% |
| 2020 | 2.7% | +17.3% |
| 2021 | 1.8% | -34.3% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | -6.6% |
| 2023 | 1.1% | -32.8% |
| 2024 | 1.2% | +7.1% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 1.2% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2%, 4.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Honduras changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | -375.0% | -0.2% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.7% | -0.7% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 0.1% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.1% | 2.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More energy & mining data for Honduras
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 17.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net electricity imports as a share of demand in Honduras?
- Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Honduras was 1.2% in 2024, according to Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net electricity imports as a share of demand recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 9.0% in 2002.
- What is the lowest net electricity imports as a share of demand recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.7% in 2009.
- How does Honduras rank for net electricity imports as a share of demand?
- Honduras ranks 65th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net electricity imports as a share of demand rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net electricity imports as a share of demand. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Electricity imports minus exports, measured as a percentage of total electricity demand in the country or region.