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Dominican Republic vs Honduras
How Dominican Republic and Honduras compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Dominican Republic was higher: 73.7 years against 72.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Dominican Republic was higher: $9,287 against $2,628
- Population · In 2023, Dominican Republic was higher: 11.3 million people against 10.6 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Honduras was higher: 1.46% of GDP against 0.8% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Dominican Republic was higher: 3 tonnes against 1.14 tonnes
- Life expectancyDominican Republic: 73.7 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- PopulationDominican Republic: 11.3 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- GDP per personDominican Republic: $9,287 in 2025Honduras: $2,628 in 2025
- TemperatureDominican Republic: 25 °C in 2025Honduras: 24.4 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyDominican Republic: 73.7 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityDominican Republic: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Honduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityDominican Republic: 25.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterDominican Republic: 44.9% in 2022Honduras: 65.2% in 2022
- DepressionDominican Republic: 2.98% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateDominican Republic: 8.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationDominican Republic: 11.3 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthDominican Republic: 0.86% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateDominican Republic: 2.24 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationDominican Republic: 72.5% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageDominican Republic: 27.7 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overDominican Republic: 7.6% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateDominican Republic: -3.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personDominican Republic: $9,287 in 2025Honduras: $2,628 in 2025
- GDP growthDominican Republic: 2.1% a year in 2025Honduras: 3.8% a year in 2025
- InflationDominican Republic: 3.9% a year in 2025Honduras: 4.6% a year in 2025
- Government debtDominican Republic: 59% of GDP in 2025Honduras: 40.3% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingDominican Republic: 0.8% of GDP in 2025Honduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsDominican Republic: $1.04B in 2025Honduras: $582M in 2025
- Military spending per personDominican Republic: $90 in 2025Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingDominican Republic: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Honduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelDominican Republic: 71,000 people in 2020Honduras: 23,000 people in 2020
- National powerDominican Republic: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersDominican Republic: 1.48% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsDominican Republic: 13 million TIV in 2025Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, 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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