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

Health

be 86.7% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Ghana, 1.5% 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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live 7.4 years longer

In Ghana, the average life expectancy is 66 years (63 years for men, 68 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 2.4 times more spent on your healthcare

Ghana spends $234 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Honduras spends $553 as of 2023.

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have 83.8% more doctors per person

Ghana has 2.7 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Honduras has 4.9 as of 2020.

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have 33.3% more access to essential health services

Ghana scores 48 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Honduras scores 64 as of 2021.

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be 44.2% less likely to die by suicide

Ghana has a suicide rate of 5.3 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Honduras, it is 3.0 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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be 2.2 times more likely to be obese

In Ghana, 14.6% 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 10.5% more money

Ghana has a GDP per capita of $3,257 as of 2025, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $3,598 as of 2025.

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be 65.1% more likely to be unemployed

In Ghana, 3.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Honduras, that number is 4.9% as of 2025.

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Life

be 79.9% less likely to die during childbirth

In Ghana, approximately 234.0 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 15.4% more likely to be literate

In Ghana, the literacy rate is 76.5% as of 2021. In Honduras, it is 88.2% as of 2024.

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be 53.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Ghana, approximately 27.5 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 16.5% fewer children

In Ghana, there are approximately 25.9 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 18.8% less likely to have internet access

In Ghana, approximately 72.2% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Honduras, about 58.6% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 56.4% more on education

Ghana spends 2.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Honduras spends 4.5% of total GDP on education as of 2023.

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spend 2.6 times more on healthcare

Ghana spends 3.0% 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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Geography

see 52.7% more coastline

Ghana has a total of 539 km of coastline. In Honduras, that number is 823 km.

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Safety

be 28.6% less likely to die in a road accident

In Ghana, road accidents kill 25.9 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Honduras, they kill 18.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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be 17.2 times more likely to be murdered

Ghana has a homicide rate of 1.8 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 6.9 times more home broadband

Ghana has 0.7 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Honduras has 4.6 as of 2024.

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live with 26.8% less strain on fresh water

Ghana withdraws 6% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Honduras withdraws 5% as of 2022.

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use 33.1% more electricity

Ghana uses 565 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Honduras uses 752 kWh as of 2023.

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Environment

be 44.9% less likely to die from air pollution

In Ghana, air pollution causes 89.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Honduras, it causes 49.0 as of 2019.

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emit 62.9% more CO2

Ghana emits 0.7 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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