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

Health

be 20.0% less likely to be obese

In Iraq, 39.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Honduras, that number is 31.8% of people as of 2024.

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see 34.3% less spent on your healthcare

Iraq spends $843 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Honduras spends $553 as of 2023.

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have 52.2% fewer doctors per person

Iraq has 10.2 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Honduras has 4.9 as of 2020.

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Economy

be 68.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Iraq, 15.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Honduras, that number is 4.9% as of 2025.

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be 3.4 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Iraq, 17.5% live below the poverty line as of 2023. In Honduras, however, that number is 60.1% as of 2025.

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make 33.5% less money

Iraq has a GDP per capita of $5,410 as of 2025, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $3,598 as of 2025.

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Life

be 28.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Iraq, approximately 66.0 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 36.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Iraq, approximately 20.1 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 15.4% fewer children

In Iraq, there are approximately 25.6 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 28.0% less likely to have internet access

In Iraq, approximately 81.5% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Honduras, about 58.6% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 39.4% more on healthcare

Iraq spends 5.5% 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 14.2 times more coastline

Iraq has a total of 58 km of coastline. In Honduras, that number is 823 km.

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Safety

be 14.0% less likely to die in a road accident

In Iraq, road accidents kill 21.5 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Honduras, they kill 18.5 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

live with 92.2% less strain on fresh water

Iraq withdraws 60% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Honduras withdraws 5% as of 2022.

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find 74.0% less home broadband

Iraq has 17.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Honduras has 4.6 as of 2024.

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use 45.4% less electricity

Iraq uses 1,377 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Honduras uses 752 kWh as of 2023.

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Environment

be 43.7% less likely to die from air pollution

In Iraq, air pollution causes 87.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Honduras, it causes 49.0 as of 2019.

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emit 78.0% less CO2

Iraq emits 5.2 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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