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

Health

live 17.8 years longer

In Chad, the average life expectancy is 55 years (53 years for men, 57 years for women) as of 2024. In Honduras, that number is 73 years (70 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 4.3 times more spent on your healthcare

Chad spends $130 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Honduras spends $553 as of 2023.

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have 5.8 times more doctors per person

Chad has 0.8 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Honduras has 4.9 as of 2020.

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have 2.2 times more access to essential health services

Chad scores 29 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Honduras scores 64 as of 2021.

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be 43.0% less likely to die by suicide

Chad has a suicide rate of 5.2 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Honduras, it is 3.0 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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be 4.3 times more likely to be obese

In Chad, 7.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Honduras, that number is 31.8% of people as of 2024.

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Economy

make 3.5 times more money

Chad has a GDP per capita of $1,022 as of 2025, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $3,598 as of 2025.

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be 4.6 times more likely to be unemployed

In Chad, 1.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Honduras, that number is 4.9% as of 2025.

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be 34.2% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Chad, 44.8% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Honduras, however, that number is 60.1% as of 2025.

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Life

be 93.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Chad, approximately 748.0 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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be 3.3 times more likely to be literate

In Chad, the literacy rate is 26.8% as of 2021. In Honduras, it is 88.2% as of 2024.

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be 77.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Chad, approximately 56.3 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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have 50.0% fewer children

In Chad, there are approximately 43.3 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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Basic Needs

be 8.0 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Chad, approximately 12% of people have electricity access (48% in urban areas, and 0% in rural areas) as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 96% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 89% in rural areas) as of 2023.

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be 4.6 times more likely to have internet access

In Chad, approximately 12.6% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Honduras, about 58.6% do as of 2024.

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be 83.4% more likely to have access to drinking water

In Chad, approximately 52% of people have access to drinking water (78% in urban areas, and 44% in rural areas) as of 2024. In Honduras, that number is 96% of people on average (99% in urban areas, and 90% in rural areas) as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 42.2% more on education

Chad spends 3.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Honduras spends 4.5% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 54.2% more on healthcare

Chad spends 5.0% 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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Safety

be 29.9% less likely to die in a road accident

In Chad, road accidents kill 26.4 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Honduras, they kill 18.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

use 54.8 times more electricity

Chad uses 14 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Honduras uses 752 kWh as of 2023.

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Environment

be 48.4% less likely to die from air pollution

In Chad, air pollution causes 95.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Honduras, it causes 49.0 as of 2019.

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emit 8.1 times more CO2

Chad emits 0.1 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 (2020–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook (2021). 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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