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

Health

live 4.4 years less

In Turkey, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 80 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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be 10.4% more likely to be obese

In Turkey, 28.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Honduras, that number is 31.8% of people as of 2024.

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see 68.7% less spent on your healthcare

Turkey spends $1,769 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Honduras spends $553 as of 2023.

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have 78.1% fewer doctors per person

Turkey has 22.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Honduras has 4.9 as of 2020.

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have 15.8% less access to essential health services

Turkey scores 76 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Honduras scores 64 as of 2021.

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be 10.4% more likely to die by suicide

Turkey has a suicide rate of 2.7 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 42.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Turkey, 8.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Honduras, that number is 4.9% as of 2025.

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be 4.6 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Turkey, 13.0% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In Honduras, however, that number is 60.1% as of 2025.

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make 80.7% less money

Turkey has a GDP per capita of $18,599 as of 2025, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $3,598 as of 2025.

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Life

have 96.8% more children

In Turkey, there are approximately 11.0 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 3.1 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Turkey, approximately 15.0 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 60.0% more likely to die during infancy

In Turkey, approximately 8.0 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 34.7% less likely to have internet access

In Turkey, approximately 89.8% of the population has internet access as of 2025. In Honduras, about 58.6% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 46.8% more on education

Turkey spends 3.1% 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 80.1% more on healthcare

Turkey spends 4.3% 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 88.6% less coastline

Turkey has a total of 7,200 km of coastline. In Honduras, that number is 823 km.

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Safety

be 9.7 times more likely to be murdered

Turkey has a homicide rate of 3.2 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 31.4 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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be 2.8 times more likely to die in a road accident

In Turkey, road accidents kill 6.5 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 90.4% less strain on fresh water

Turkey withdraws 48% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Honduras withdraws 5% as of 2022.

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find 80.5% less home broadband

Turkey has 23.4 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Honduras has 4.6 as of 2024.

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use 79.8% less electricity

Turkey uses 3,731 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2024. Honduras uses 752 kWh as of 2023.

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Environment

emit 78.8% less CO2

Turkey emits 5.4 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Honduras emits 1.1 tonnes as of 2024.

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be 25.6% more likely to die from air pollution

In Turkey, air pollution causes 39.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Honduras, it causes 49.0 as of 2019.

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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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