National Budget

Tomás Zambrano announced that Congress expects to approve the 2027 general budget between December 14 and 19.

Congress President Tomás Zambrano announced lawmakers intend to approve the 2027 general budget between December 14–19 after building consensus with party caucuses, aiming to have the budget in place for the government to use starting January 1.

The National Congress returns to session on Monday, October 12, with electoral reforms, the 2027 general budget, and pending committee reports on the agenda, followed by a mobile session in Danlí on October 14.

Congress started analyzing the 2027 general budget of 455.4 billion lempiras (about $18.2 billion), a 2.5% increase from 2026, with the government proposing to cut operating expenses to direct more funds toward education, health, security, infrastructure, and job creation.

The 2027 national budget allocates less funding to the National Autonomous University of Honduras than to the Defense Ministry, threatening the university's infrastructure, laboratory operations, and equipment maintenance.

Finance Secretary Emilio Hércules presented the 2027 budget of 455.4 billion lempiras (about $18.2 billion), with 84% funded from domestic revenue and priorities including 8.6 billion for infrastructure, 8.7 billion for health, increased municipal transfers, and support for agriculture amid El Niño drought concerns.

Honduras's 2027 budget directs 8.563 billion lempiras (about $343 million) to infrastructure projects, mainly road corridors and social infrastructure, while increasing municipal transfers by 7.5% to roughly 11.6 billion lempiras.

Honduras's private-sector council will analyze the draft national budget to assess how funds will be spent, whether increases go toward productive investment or routine expenses, and how the government will finance a $700 million bond payment due in January.

Dante Mossi, former BCIE president, called on Congress to review how the government has spent 2026 funds and clarify priorities before approving the 455-billion-lempira (about $18.2 billion) 2027 budget, citing concerns over electricity costs, health-sector management, and diesel inflation.

Honduras's proposed 2027 budget of L455.4 billion would grow L11 billion over 2026, but an analyst warns that only 57% of this year's budget has been spent with 71% of the year gone.

President Tomás Zambrano of the National Congress announced the executive branch has submitted the 2027 budget of approximately 455.4 billion lempiras (about $18.2 billion), emphasizing drought relief, water infrastructure, and security as priorities and setting an expected approval vote for mid-December.

The draft 2027 national budget totals 450.4 billion lempiras (about $18 billion), with debt service alone consuming roughly 74.6 billion lempiras (16%), while ten institutions account for about 75% of all spending.