Honduras’ coastline is 2.1 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Honduras: 823 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 1,350 m above Honduras’

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Honduras: 2,870 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 28% of Honduras

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Honduras: 28.5% (2024)

Guatemala has 70% more people than Honduras

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Honduras: 11 million (2025)

Guatemala is 77% more densely populated than Honduras

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Honduras: 98 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Honduras is 0.92 years older than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Honduras: 23.5 years (2023)

Women in Honduras have 0.2 more children on average than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Honduras: 2.48 children per woman (2024)

Guatemala and Honduras are practically level

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Honduras: 4.5% (2025)

Guatemala hosts 3.5 times as many refugees per resident as Honduras

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Honduras: 0.025 per 1,000 (2025)

Guatemala has produced 1.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Honduras none

Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · Honduras: 0 (2026)

Guatemala and Honduras are practically level

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Honduras: 1 (2026)

Guatemala’s economy is 3.1 times the size of Honduras’

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Honduras: $39.6 billion (2025)

Guatemala produces 93% more per person than Honduras

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Honduras: Int$7,871 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Honduras than in Guatemala (Gini 0.5 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Honduras: 45.7 (2024)

16% of people in Honduras live on less than $3 a day, versus 9.7% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Honduras: 15.7% (2024)

Unemployment is 4.9% in Honduras, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Honduras: 4.9% (2025)

Honduras spends 1.5% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Honduras: 1.5% (2025)

Honduras’ central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Honduras: 15.1% (2020)

Honduras’ price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Honduras: 46% (2025)

Guatemala spends 57% more on health per person than Honduras

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Honduras: $249 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 34% more likely to die before turning one than in Honduras

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Honduras: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Guatemala has 2.6 times as many doctors per person as Honduras

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Honduras: 0.5 per 1,000 (2020)

Honduras has 18% more hospital beds per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Honduras: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Honduras is 5% higher than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Honduras: 5.8 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Honduras are obese, versus 27% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Honduras: 30.8% (2024)

12% of adults in Honduras smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Honduras: 12.1% (2024)

People in Guatemala rate their lives 0.44 points higher than in Honduras

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Honduras: 6.10 (2025)

Adults in Honduras drink 14% more alcohol than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Honduras: 3.5 litres (2023)

Guatemala has 44% more meat per person than Honduras

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Honduras: 37.7 kg (2023)

Guatemala has 195 kcal more food per person per day than Honduras

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Honduras: 2,628 kcal (2023)

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Honduras: no data

Adults in Honduras went to school 1.7 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Honduras: 7.5 years (2023)

Guatemala welcomed 4% more tourists per resident than Honduras (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Honduras: 0.08 (2022)

Guatemala has 2 more World Heritage sites than Honduras (4 against 2)

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Honduras: 2 (2026)

Guatemala has won 3 Olympic medals, Honduras none

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Honduras: 0 (2026 edition)

60% of people in Guatemala are online, versus 59% in Honduras

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Honduras: 59% (2024)

Home internet in Guatemala is 4% faster than in Honduras

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Honduras: 143 Mbps (2026)

96% of people in Honduras have electricity, versus 91% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 90.9% (2024) · Honduras: 95.5% (2024)

59% of people in Honduras live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Honduras: 59% (2025)

Guatemala has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Honduras 71

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Honduras: 71 (2024)

Guatemala’s railway network is 14% longer than Honduras’

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Honduras: 699 km (2014)

Airlines from Honduras fly 3.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Honduras: 0.04 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Honduras, but only 33% of Guatemala

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Honduras: 52.8% (2024)

The average person in Honduras emits 10% more CO₂ than someone in Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · Honduras: 1.2 t (2024)

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 55% in Honduras

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Honduras: 55.4% (2024)

The air in Honduras carries 14% more fine dust than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Honduras: 31.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 35% more likely to be murdered in Honduras than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Honduras: 31.4 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Honduras are 34% deadlier than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Honduras: 28.3 per 100k (2023)

Honduras is on average 0.5 °C warmer than Guatemala

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Honduras: 24.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 6% more rain than Honduras

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Honduras: 1,703 mm (2016–2025 avg)