Debt - external:

$3.209 billion (31 December 2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 120 $3.411 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Exchange rates:

lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)

Communications ::Honduras

Telephones - main lines in use:

825,800 (2008) country comparison to the world: 86

Telephones - mobile cellular:

6.211 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 78

Telephone system: