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

Health

see 4.5 times more spent on your healthcare

Syria spends $122 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Honduras spends $553 as of 2023.

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have 67.9% fewer doctors per person

Syria has 15.2 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2021. Honduras has 4.9 as of 2020.

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be 5.0 times more likely to die by suicide

Syria has a suicide rate of 0.6 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 63.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Syria, 13.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Honduras, that number is 4.9% as of 2025.

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make 3.4 times more money

Syria has a GDP per capita of $1,057 as of 2022, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $3,598 as of 2025.

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Life

be 27.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Syria, approximately 17.7 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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be 2.4 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Syria, approximately 20.0 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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Basic Needs

be 25.8% more likely to have internet access

In Syria, approximately 46.6% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Honduras, about 58.6% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 2.8 times more on healthcare

Syria spends 2.7% 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 4.3 times more coastline

Syria has a total of 193 km of coastline. In Honduras, that number is 823 km.

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Safety

be 38.1% less likely to die in a road accident

In Syria, road accidents kill 29.9 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 96.3% less strain on fresh water

Syria withdraws 124% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Honduras withdraws 5% as of 2022.

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find 33.2% less home broadband

Syria has 6.9 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2023. Honduras has 4.6 as of 2024.

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use 11.9% less electricity

Syria uses 854 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Honduras uses 752 kWh as of 2023.

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Environment

be 41.0% less likely to die from air pollution

In Syria, air pollution causes 83.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Honduras, it causes 49.0 as of 2019.

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emit 10.2% less CO2

Syria emits 1.3 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), The World Factbook (2022). 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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