Relationship dossier
Costa Rica
Honduras
Relationship assessment
Regional economic integration provides a basis for Costa Rica–Honduras cooperation
Costa Rica toward Honduras
+15Costa Rica participates in the Central American economic integration framework, which includes Honduras and provides for regional trade cooperation.
Honduras toward Costa Rica
+15Honduras participates in the Central American economic integration framework, which includes Costa Rica and provides for regional trade cooperation.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship has a cooperative regional economic foundation through Central American integration arrangements that include both countries. The known basis is regional rather than a clearly established pattern of extensive bilateral initiatives, and the breadth of practical cooperation is uncertain.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Costa Rica and Honduras participate in Central American economic integration, including the regional framework for a common market. This provides a basis for practical governmental cooperation, although the scope of specifically bilateral initiatives and their implementation is unclear.
Key developments
Costa Rica and Honduras participate in the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration, establishing a regional framework for economic integration.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of specifically bilateral economic and security arrangements are unclear.
- Details of recent government-to-government cooperation are limited.