Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Honduras instead of North Korea, you would:

Health

be 68.1% less likely to die by suicide

North Korea has a suicide rate of 9.3 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Honduras, it is 3.0 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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be 2.7 times more likely to be obese

In North Korea, 11.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Honduras, that number is 31.8% of people as of 2024.

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have 86.5% fewer doctors per person

North Korea has 36.3 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2017. Honduras has 4.9 as of 2020.

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Economy

be 39.0% more likely to be unemployed

In North Korea, 3.5% 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 29.9% less likely to die during childbirth

In North Korea, 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 68.4% more children

In North Korea, there are approximately 12.9 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 66.3% more likely to have access to electricity

In North Korea, approximately 58% of people have electricity access (36% in urban areas, and 11% 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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Geography

see 67.0% less coastline

North Korea has a total of 2,495 km of coastline. In Honduras, that number is 823 km.

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Infrastructure

live with 83.3% less strain on fresh water

North Korea withdraws 28% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Honduras withdraws 5% as of 2022.

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Environment

be 43.0% less likely to die from air pollution

In North Korea, air pollution causes 86.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Honduras, it causes 49.0 as of 2019.

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emit 54.4% less CO2

North Korea 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 (2017–2025), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook, United Nations SDG Indicators (2019). How we calculate this

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Moving from North Korea to Honduras · UN DESA 2020
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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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