Haiti vs Honduras
Haiti vs Honduras: GDP growth
GDP growth: -4.2% a year in Haiti in 2024 and 3.8% a year in Honduras in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Honduras, by 7.8 percentage points.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Honduras has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Haiti.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Haiti at 1.5% a year and Honduras at 3.8% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Haiti | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -2.7 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | -4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2023 | -1.9 | 3.6 |
| 2022 | -1.7 | 4.1 |
| 2021 | -1.8 | 12.6 |
| 2020 | -3.3 | -9 |
| 2019 | -1.7 | 2.6 |
| 2018 | 1.7 | 3.8 |
| 2017 | 2.5 | 4.8 |
| 2016 | 1.8 | 3.9 |
| 2015 | 2.6 | 3.8 |
| 2014 | 1.7 | 3.1 |
| 2013 | 4.3 | 2.8 |
| 2012 | 0.5 | 4.1 |
| 2011 | 5.1 | 3.8 |
| 2010 | -5.7 | 3.7 |
| 2009 | 5.9 | -2.4 |
| 2008 | 2.7 | 4.2 |
| 2007 | 4.7 | 6.2 |
| 2006 | 1.8 | 6.6 |
| 2005 | 3.1 | 6.1 |
| 2004 | -1.3 | 6.2 |
| 2003 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 2002 | 1.1 | 3.8 |
| 2001 | -0.3 | 2.7 |
| 2000 | 0.9 | 7.3 |
| 1999 | 2.7 | -0.7 |
| 1998 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 1997 | 2.7 | 4.6 |
| 1996 | 4.1 | 1.9 |
| 1995 | 9.9 | 6.2 |
| 1994 | -11.6 | 0.2 |
| 1993 | -4.9 | 6.5 |
| 1992 | -2.3 | 6.1 |
| 1991 | 1.3 | -3.3 |
| 1990 | -0.4 | 2.8 |
| 1989 | -1.1 | 2.7 |
| 1988 | 0.6 | 1.7 |
| 1987 | -0.4 | 6.6 |
| 1986 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| 1985 | 0.8 | 5.6 |
| 1984 | 0.2 | 6.3 |
| 1983 | -1.5 | 0.9 |
| 1982 | -2.8 | -2.1 |
| 1981 | 1.1 | -1.2 |
| 1980 | 7.3 | 0.6 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Haiti | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -1.7 | 3.3 |
| 2027 | -0.5 | 3.4 |
| 2028 | 0.7 | 4.1 |
| 2029 | 0.9 | 3.8 |
| 2030 | 1.2 | 3.8 |
| 2031 | 1.5 | 3.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Haiti vs Honduras
Health
- Life expectancyHaiti: 64.9 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHaiti: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Honduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHaiti: 43.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionHaiti: 2.96% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateHaiti: 8.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHaiti: 11.6 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthHaiti: 1.17% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHaiti: 2.66 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHaiti: 55.6% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageHaiti: 23.5 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHaiti: 4.6% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateHaiti: -2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHaiti: 0.12% of GDP in 2025Honduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHaiti: $30.4M in 2025Honduras: $582M in 2025
- Military spending per personHaiti: $3 in 2025Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHaiti: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Honduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHaiti: 1,000 people in 2020Honduras: 23,000 people in 2020
- National powerHaiti: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHaiti: 0.02% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHaiti: 1 million TIV in 2025Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024