If you lived in Honduras instead of Belize, you would:

Health

be 83.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Belize, 1.2% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2024. In Honduras, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2024.

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be 26.9% less likely to be obese

In Belize, 43.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Honduras, that number is 31.8% of people as of 2024.

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be 28.9% less likely to die by suicide

Belize has a suicide rate of 4.2 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Honduras, it is 3.0 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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have 55.0% fewer doctors per person

Belize has 10.9 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2018. Honduras has 4.9 as of 2020.

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Economy

be 44.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Belize, 8.9% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Honduras, that number is 4.9% as of 2025.

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make 54.3% less money

Belize has a GDP per capita of $7,865 as of 2025, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $3,598 as of 2025.

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Life

be 29.9% less likely to die during childbirth

In Belize, approximately 67.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Honduras, 47.0 women do as of 2023.

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have 19.9% more children

In Belize, there are approximately 18.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Honduras, there are 21.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 18.5% more likely to die during infancy

In Belize, approximately 10.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Honduras, on the other hand, 12.8 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 26.7% less likely to have internet access

In Belize, approximately 80.0% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Honduras, about 58.6% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 85.8% more on healthcare

Belize spends 4.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 7.7% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 2.1 times more coastline

Belize has a total of 386 km of coastline. In Honduras, that number is 823 km.

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Safety

be 12.0% more likely to be murdered

Belize has a homicide rate of 28.1 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In Honduras, that number is 31.4 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 53.0% less home broadband

Belize has 9.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Honduras has 4.6 as of 2024.

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live with 3.7 times more strain on fresh water

Belize withdraws 1% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Honduras withdraws 5% as of 2022.

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Environment

be 2.3 times more likely to die from air pollution

In Belize, air pollution causes 21.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Honduras, it causes 49.0 as of 2019.

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emit 22.6% more CO2

Belize emits 0.9 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Honduras emits 1.1 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2018–2025), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook, United Nations SDG Indicators (2019). How we calculate this

Honduras: At a glance

Honduras is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 111,890 sq km. Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a haven for anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Marxist Nicaraguan Government and an ally to Salvadoran Government forces fighting leftist guerrillas. The country was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed about 5,600 people and caused approximately $2 billion in damage. Since then, the economy has slowly rebounded.
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