HONDURAS: SELECTED ECONOMIC; DATA HONDAT: LAC/DPP  04/15/94                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                                              
                                              1984.     1985.     1986.     1987.     1988.     1989.     1990.     1991.     1992.     1993.      1994. 
POPULATION                                                                                                                                    
Thousands                                     3985.     4103.     4225.     4350.     4476.     4608.     4745.     4885.     5029.     5170.      5310. 
Growth Rate (%)                                 3.0       3.0       3.0       3.0       2.9       2.9       3.0       3.0       2.9       2.8        2.7 
                                                                                                                                              
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS                                                                                                                             
GDP, curr. prices (m. lemp.)                  6638.     7279.     7617.     8305.     9251.    10334.    12537.    16314.    18772.    21635.     25529. 
GDP, 1978 prices (m. lemp.)                   4250.     4428.     4460.     4729.     4947.     5161.     5166.     5334.     5634.     5840.      6015. 
   Real GDP Growth Rate (%)                     4.3       4.2        .7       6.0       4.6       4.3        .1       3.3       5.6       3.7        3.0 
Real Per Capita GDP (1978 lemp.)              1066.     1079.     1056.     1087.     1105.     1120.     1089.     1092.     1120.     1130.      1133. 
   Real Per Cap. GDP Growth Rate (%)            1.3       1.2      -2.2       3.0       1.7       1.3      -2.8        .3       2.6        .9         .3 
                                                                                                                                              
Gross Domestic Investment/GDP (%)              17.4      17.2      13.2      15.1      21.0      19.1      22.9      24.6      26.0      26.7 
   Private                                      6.3       8.3       7.3      10.0      15.4      13.4      16.1      16.9      15.3      16.4 
   Public                                      11.1       8.9       5.9       5.1       5.6       5.7       6.8       7.7      10.7      10.3 
Gross National Savings/GDP (%)                  5.7       7.9       6.7       6.5      18.2      14.2      21.2      18.9      18.4      16.0 
   Private                                      4.0       6.4       5.9       5.8      17.7      14.6      19.7      12.3      11.2      10.0 
   Public                                       1.7       1.5        .8        .7        .5       -.4       1.5       6.6       7.2       6.0 
Foreign Savings/GDP (%)                        11.7       9.3       6.5       8.6       2.8       4.9       1.7       5.7       7.6      10.7 

PRICES                                                                                                                                        
GDP Price Defl. (1978 = 100)                  156.2     164.4     170.8     175.6     187.0     200.2     242.7     305.8     333.2     370.5 
   Annual Change (%)                            3.4       5.2       3.9       2.8       6.5       7.1      21.2      26.0       9.0      11.2 
Consumer Prices (1978 = 100)                  179.0     185.0     193.0     197.8     206.8     227.0     280.0     375.1     408.0     451.8      519.6 
   Annual Change (%)                            3.8       3.4       4.3       2.5       4.6       9.8      23.3      34.0       8.8      10.7       15.0 
                                                                                                                                              
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (US$ m.)                                                                                                                  
Current Account Balance                       -389.     -337.     -251.     -274.     -335.     -359.     -350.     -361.     -386.     -428.      -387. 
    Exports, fob                               737.      790.      891.      833.      865.      882.      865.      823.      829.      847.       904. 
    Imports, cif                               960.      954.      948.      889.      993.     1023.      988.      996.     1073.     1179.      1217. 
  Trade Balance                               -223.     -164.      -57.      -56.     -128.     -141.     -123.     -173.     -244.     -332.      -313. 
  Services, net                               -176.     -186.     -211.     -234.     -225.     -236.     -237.     -203.     -159.     -127.      -105. 
  Private Transfers, net                        10.       13.       17.       16.       18.       18.       10.       15.       17.       31.        31. 
Capital Account Balance                        298.      249.      234.      235.      229.      111.      305.      237.      313.      230.       461. 
  Official Transfers, net                       80.      133.      145.      115.      203.      141.      236.      163.      155.      103.       104. 
  Direct Investment, net                        20.       28.       30.       39.       48.       51.       44.       45.       57.       50.        55. 
  Priv., M-T & L-T, net                        -62.      -28.      -21.      -18.      -30.      -55.      -11.       -8.      -14.      -45.        40. 
  Priv., Short-Term, net [a]                   -34.      -88.       -7.       64.      -38.      -18.      -80.       25.      100.           
  Official, net                                287.      198.       87.        6.       56.       -8.      131.       10.       48.      122.       262. 
  Financial Intermeds., net                      7.        6.        0.       29.      -10.        0.      -15.        2.      -33.        0.         0. 
  Other, net                                     0.        0.        0.        0.        0.        0.        0.        0.        0.        0.         0. 
Overall Balance                                -91.      -88.      -17.      -39.     -106.     -248.      -45.     -124.      -73.     -198.        74. 
                                                                                                                                              
EXTERNAL PUBLIC DEBT                                                                                                                          
Debt Outstdanding, 12/31 (US$ m.) [b]         2121.     2587.     2849.     3187.     3205.     3245.     3413.     3262.     3403.     3607.      3612. 
Debt Outstanding/GDP (%) [b]                   63.9      71.1      74.8      76.8      69.3      62.9     113.2     106.4     100.2     107.9      107.0 
Debt Service/Exports (%) [c]                   22.9      24.9      29.2      34.8      31.5      34.4      42.1      42.0      40.0      35.0       32.0 

CONSOL. NONFIN. PUB. SECTOR (% of GDP)                                                                                                        
Current Revenue and Transfers                  19.8      20.3      20.3      23.0      20.5      19.5      22.6      25.2      24.4      23.0 
Current Expenditures                           18.2      18.9      19.6      22.6      19.6      20.1      19.8      20.4      20.0      22.4 
Current Surplus/Deficit                         1.6       1.4        .7        .5        .9       -.6       2.8       4.8       4.4        .6 
Capital Revenues                                 .2        .6        .6                  .2        .2        .2        .2        .7        .6 
Capital Expenditures                           11.3       9.4       6.6       6.7       5.5       5.7       7.1       8.0      10.2      11.6 
Net Lending                                     1.4        .8        .9                  .7       1.3        .4        .3       -.3        .2 
Overall Surplus/Deficit [d]                   -10.9      -8.1      -6.2      -6.3      -5.1      -7.4      -4.5      -3.3      -4.8     -10.6 

[a] Includes errors and omissions; [b]  Includes short-term, IMF, and interest arrears; excludes other Central Bank.                          
[c]  Accrual basis; incl. interest but not amortiz. on short-term debt; [d] Fiscal data for 1993 incl. only 4 largest parastatals.