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Honduras
Honduras made the biometric DNI in its national e-wallet (BIEN) legally valid in July 2026, and is updating its civil registry with photos and fingerprints. Central bank CBDC work is research only per existing data.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Honduras
- Program
- DNI / Billetera Electrónica Nacional (BIEN)
- Status
- Available, partial uptake
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
- Law
- Resolution published in La Gaceta ed. 37,196 (17 July 2026)
Press reports say the national registry (RNP) made the digital DNI in BIEN officially valid on 17 July 2026 and police were told to accept it. BIEN also holds driver's licences and gun permits. A registry update collecting photos and fingerprints is under way.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- Research
Central Bank of Honduras research.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2026-07-17Rolling it out
The RNP made the digital biometric DNI in the BIEN wallet officially valid. La Tribuna ↗
UN and WHO
How Honduras has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted yes
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 61.8 · rank 125 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 3
Sovereignty score
How the 0 adds up
- 0No tracked actions either way.
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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.