Key facts
| Capital | Tegucigalpa |
|---|---|
| Population | 10,6 mil. (2025) |
| Area | 112 492 km² |
| Currency | Honduran lempira (HNL) |
| GDP per capita | 3 711 USD (2026) |
| Average net wage | 537 USD a month (2026) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 |
| Official language | Spanish |
| Dialling code | +504 |
| Domain | .hn |
| Worth knowing | access to both the Atlantic and the Pacific |
Two coastlines and a Czech connection
Honduras has access to both the Atlantic and the Pacific, which makes it an interesting point for trade between the two oceans. The best known part is the island of Roatán, with its coral reef and an established community of foreign residents, Czechs among them. Alongside tourism, the economy rests on agriculture — coffee, bananas, palm oil — and on light manufacturing for the US market.
Land and property prices are among the lowest in the region, which opens the door to investors willing to accept more uncertainty.
What Honduras offers
- Cheap land and property compared with its neighbours.
- Access to two oceans and proximity to the US market.
- The Bay Islands, an established English-speaking tourist area.
- Farmland suited to permanent crops.
What to watch
Of all our destinations, Honduras is the one where checking the other side matters most. The legal environment is less predictable, land title is often disputed, and the ZEDE special economic zones that some investors backed were abolished in 2022, with the fallout still working its way through arbitration.
We would not advise entering any transaction here without thorough due diligence — and that is exactly what we can do, from verifying title to a property to choosing the local partner.