Honduras

MERI Assessment

Honduras scores 27.0, placing it in Tier 5 and 19.4 points below the Latin America & Caribbean median of 46.4. The country faces two active high-severity red flags: armed conflict involving 112 battle-deaths over 28 events in the trailing 12 months, and sanctions exposure including 30 OFAC SDN entries and 1 EU consolidated sanctions entry. Market Infrastructure is the strongest pillar at 41.4, anchored by Trade Openness at 93.8, while Regulatory & Institutional is critically weak at 13.6 due to severe data gaps and low Intellectual Property Protection.

Two indicators are imputed (Trade Openness, Human Capital Quality) and three are missing (Foreign Ownership Restrictions, Business Entry, Contract Enforcement), reducing confidence in Regulatory & Institutional assessment to 25% coverage.