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Economy & Business - June 2025
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
HONDURAS | Remittances slow in monthly terms. On 21 May Honduras’ central bank (BCH) released new figures showing that remittances sent to Honduras in April totalled US$983.31m. This was down from US$997.32m in March. In the first four months of 2025 remittances to Honduras totalled US$3.61bn, up from US$2.98bn over the same period in 2024. Remittances to Honduras totalled US$9.74bn in 2024, up from US$9.18bn the previous year. The latest (2023) World Bank figures estimate that remittances account for 26.1% of Honduras’ GDP.
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