Bank concentration in Honduras
Honduras: Bank concentration was 61.7% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Bank concentration in Honduras, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 61.7% for bank concentration in 2021.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 43.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank concentration in Honduras peaked at 62.2% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 42.3%, in 2012.
Honduras ranks 122nd of 170 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Bank concentration in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 44.8% | — |
| 2001 | 49.6% | +10.6% |
| 2002 | 48.9% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 54.4% | +11.0% |
| 2004 | 53.7% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 52.9% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 52.2% | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 53.4% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 62.2% | +16.4% |
| 2009 | 58.7% | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 61.3% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 43.0% | -29.8% |
| 2012 | 42.3% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 42.8% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 48.6% | +13.7% |
| 2015 | 54.8% | +12.8% |
| 2016 | 54.4% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 49.7% | -8.6% |
| 2018 | 50.7% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 50.8% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 61.2% | +20.3% |
| 2021 | 61.7% | +0.9% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 61.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 68.4%, 90% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 61.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.8%, 84% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bank concentration in Honduras changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -29.8% | 61.3% | 43.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 53.1% | 44.8% | 62.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.8% | 42.3% | 61.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.4% | 61.2% | 61.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More financial sector data for Honduras
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0013 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 4.82 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 3.52 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0013 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 4.82 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank concentration in Honduras?
- Bank concentration in Honduras was 61.7% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank concentration recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 62.2% in 2008.
- What is the lowest bank concentration recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.3% in 2012.
- How does Honduras rank for bank concentration?
- Honduras ranks 122nd out of 170 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank concentration rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD), published as part of Bank concentration (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Raw data are from Bankscope. (Sum(data2025) for three largest banks in Bankscope) / (Sum(data2025) for all banks in Bankscope). Only reported if number of banks in Bankscope is 3 or more. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.