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Cuba vs Honduras
How Cuba and Honduras compare on 31 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Cuba was higher: 78.1 years against 72.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2024, Cuba was higher: $7,381 against $2,575
- Population · In 2023, Cuba was higher: 11 million people against 10.6 million people
- Military spending · In 2018, Cuba was higher: 2.88% of GDP against 1.49% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Cuba was higher: 1.91 tonnes against 1.14 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyCuba: 78.1 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Honduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCuba: 3.32% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateCuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCuba: 11 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthCuba: -0.35% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCuba: 77.2% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageCuba: 41.7 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCuba: 16.2% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018Honduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personCuba: $11 in 2018Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCuba: 76,000 people in 2020Honduras: 23,000 people in 2020
- National powerCuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCuba: 8 million TIV in 2004Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024
Climate
Technology and environment
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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