670,000 Honduran Households Lean Heavily on Remittances

Published on Honduras Daily · Aug 26, 2026 · Originally reported August 24, 2026 by Diario Roatán

About 670,000 Honduran households receive remittances from abroad, and 45% rely on them as their main income; 80% of that money goes to daily spending rather than savings or investment, according to central bank data cited by a social-justice think tank.

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