Honduras
HNDHonduras has cleaned up its grid faster than most people realise.
Low-carbon electricity went from 41% to 55% in 10 years.
What this grid depends on
Three measures that say more about a country than how much power it makes. Open “what this means” on any of them if the term is new.
Cleaner than 6 in 10 grids worldwide.
What this means
How much planet-warming gas is released to make one unit of electricity. Two countries can generate exactly the same amount and one of them be ten times dirtier doing it. Lower is better.
Honduras buys in more electricity than it sends out.
What this means
The share of the electricity used here that was generated abroad and carried in over high-voltage lines. The higher it climbs, the more this country relies on a neighbour to keep its lights on.
Honduras’s neighbours
GuatemalaBioenergy overtook coal on Guatemala's grid in 2020.
El SalvadorHydro overtook geothermal on El Salvador's grid in 2024.
NicaraguaNicaragua has cleaned up its grid faster than most people realise.
BelizeBelize is second in the world for bioenergy.
Costa RicaCosta Rica generates no oil electricity at all, in a region built on it.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Honduras. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.