If you lived in Honduras instead of Saudi Arabia, you would:

Health

be 20.8% less likely to be obese

In Saudi Arabia, 40.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Honduras, that number is 31.8% of people as of 2024.

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live 5.9 years less

In Saudi Arabia, the average life expectancy is 79 years (77 years for men, 81 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 84.1% less spent on your healthcare

Saudi Arabia spends $3,475 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Honduras spends $553 as of 2023.

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have 85.6% fewer doctors per person

Saudi Arabia has 34.1 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Honduras has 4.9 as of 2020.

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have 13.5% less access to essential health services

Saudi Arabia scores 74 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Honduras scores 64 as of 2021.

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be 3.1 times more likely to die by suicide

Saudi Arabia has a suicide rate of 0.9 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Honduras, it is 3.0 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 61.8% more likely to be unemployed

In Saudi Arabia, 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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make 89.6% less money

Saudi Arabia has a GDP per capita of $34,537 as of 2025, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $3,598 as of 2025.

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Life

have 31.2% more children

In Saudi Arabia, there are approximately 16.5 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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be 6.7 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 7.0 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 2.7 times more likely to die during infancy

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 4.7 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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Basic Needs

be 41.4% less likely to have internet access

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 100.0% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Honduras, about 58.6% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 35.5% more on healthcare

Saudi Arabia spends 5.7% 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 68.8% less coastline

Saudi Arabia has a total of 2,640 km of coastline. In Honduras, that number is 823 km.

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Infrastructure

live with 99.5% less strain on fresh water

Saudi Arabia withdraws 974% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Honduras withdraws 5% as of 2022.

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find 89.6% less home broadband

Saudi Arabia has 44.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Honduras has 4.6 as of 2024.

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use 93.7% less electricity

Saudi Arabia uses 11,911 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Honduras uses 752 kWh as of 2023.

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Environment

be 46.2% less likely to die from air pollution

In Saudi Arabia, air pollution causes 91.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Honduras, it causes 49.0 as of 2019.

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emit 93.8% less CO2

Saudi Arabia emits 18.5 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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