🇭🇳 Honduras Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇭🇳 Honduras HN / HND #101

Nomad Score 52.0

Cities 10

Region Central American Integration System, Latin America, Hispanophone, North America, Americas, Central America, Developing Countries

Currency HNL

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 22/100

Press Freedom (2025) 38.5/100 #142

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.511

HDI 0.645

Regional Blocs CAIS

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Presidential system

Title	Name
President of Honduras	Nasry Asfura
Vice President of Honduras	María Antonieta Mejía
Vice President of Honduras	Carlos Flores Guifarro<br />Diana Herrera
Vice President of Honduras	Diana Herrera

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 22 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 38.5 / 100

Global Rank #142 / 180

Rank Change +4 vs previous year

RSF Zone Amériques

Political #142 30.2

Economic #149 31.4

Legal #132 46.3

Social #142 41.0

Safety #137 43.6

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.511

Liberal 0.380

Participatory 0.320

Deliberative 0.358

Egalitarian 0.256

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	38.5	142	30.2	31.4	46.3	41.0	43.6
2024	38.2	146	35.4	34.9	49.2	36.0	35.5
2023	32.7	169	40.0	33.3	39.9	22.4	27.6
2022	34.6	165	33.3	31.6	36.8	31.0	40.2
2021	50.7	151	-	-	-	-	43.3
2020	51.8	148	-	-	-	-	46.8
2019	51.5	146	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	54.8	141	-	-	-	-	53.7
2017	56.3	140	-	-	-	-	51.6
2016	55.4	137	-	-	-	-	93.1
2015	60.7	132	-	-	-	-	39.4
2014	62.9	129	-	-	-	-	-
2013	63.1	127	-	-	-	-	-
2012	61.0	136	-	-	-	-	-
2010	51.1	143	-	-	-	-	-
2009	42.0	128	-	-	-	-	-
2008	21.5	99	-	-	-	-	-
2007	25.5	87	-	-	-	-	-
2006	14.5	64	-	-	-	-	-
2005	18.0	76	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index