If you lived in Honduras instead of Equatorial Guinea, you would:

Health

live 9.1 years longer

In Equatorial Guinea, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 66 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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have 3.2 times more doctors per person

Equatorial Guinea has 1.5 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Honduras has 4.9 as of 2020.

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have 39.1% more access to essential health services

Equatorial Guinea scores 46 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Honduras scores 64 as of 2021.

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be 57.8% less likely to die by suicide

Equatorial Guinea has a suicide rate of 7.0 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Honduras, it is 3.0 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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be 65.4% more likely to be obese

In Equatorial Guinea, 19.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Honduras, that number is 31.8% of people as of 2024.

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Economy

be 41.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Equatorial Guinea, 8.3% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Honduras, that number is 4.9% as of 2025.

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be 18.5% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Equatorial Guinea, 50.7% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Honduras, however, that number is 60.1% as of 2025.

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make 45.6% less money

Equatorial Guinea has a GDP per capita of $6,615 as of 2025, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $3,598 as of 2025.

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Life

be 73.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 174.0 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 73.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 47.6 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 27.8% fewer children

In Equatorial Guinea, there are approximately 30.0 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 42.9% more likely to have access to electricity

In Equatorial Guinea, approximately 67% of people have electricity access (89% in urban areas, and 2% 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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Expenditures

spend 2.2 times more on healthcare

Equatorial Guinea spends 3.5% 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 2.8 times more coastline

Equatorial Guinea has a total of 296 km of coastline. In Honduras, that number is 823 km.

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Safety

be 58.1% more likely to die in a road accident

In Equatorial Guinea, road accidents kill 11.7 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Honduras, they kill 18.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 45.8 times more home broadband

Equatorial Guinea has 0.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Honduras has 4.6 as of 2024.

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live with 25.7 times more strain on fresh water

Equatorial Guinea withdraws 0% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Honduras withdraws 5% as of 2022.

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Environment

be 16.9% less likely to die from air pollution

In Equatorial Guinea, air pollution causes 59.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Honduras, it causes 49.0 as of 2019.

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emit 55.3% less CO2

Equatorial Guinea emits 2.5 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. 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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