Haiti vs Honduras
Haiti vs Honduras: Government debt
Government debt: 15.1% of GDP in Haiti in 2024 and 40.3% of GDP in Honduras in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Honduras, by 27.1 percentage points, or 2.79 times that in Haiti.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Honduras has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Haiti.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Haiti at 10.3% of GDP and Honduras at 38.3% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Haiti | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12.4 | 40.3 |
| 2024 | 15.1 | 42.2 |
| 2023 | 27.9 | 42.1 |
| 2022 | 29.2 | 46.9 |
| 2021 | 28.4 | 52.7 |
| 2020 | 22.3 | 54.3 |
| 2019 | 26.5 | 44.1 |
| 2018 | 24.1 | 43.2 |
| 2017 | 22.5 | 42.2 |
| 2016 | 24.4 | 40.3 |
| 2015 | 23.9 | 39.3 |
| 2014 | 21.4 | 36.3 |
| 2013 | 25.1 | 38.6 |
| 2012 | 24.1 | 28.4 |
| 2011 | 22.3 | 26.1 |
| 2010 | 24.9 | 23.4 |
| 2009 | 19.4 | 25.5 |
| 2008 | 33.9 | 22.3 |
| 2007 | 24.4 | 24 |
| 2006 | 32.2 | 39.2 |
| 2005 | 29.7 | 55.6 |
| 2004 | 30.5 | 60.9 |
| 2003 | 37.8 | 67.8 |
| 2002 | 32 | 64.3 |
| 2001 | 28.8 | 63.4 |
| 2000 | 32.5 | 65.8 |
| 1999 | 24.2 | 75.8 |
| 1998 | 24 | 67.4 |
| 1997 | 26.2 | 70.8 |
| 1996 | – | 64.6 |
| 1995 | – | 65.4 |
| 1994 | – | 85.5 |
| 1993 | – | 111.7 |
| 1992 | – | 123.2 |
| 1991 | – | 135.4 |
| 1990 | – | 236.5 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Haiti | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10.5 | 44 |
| 2027 | 9.4 | 42.3 |
| 2028 | 9.3 | 41.3 |
| 2029 | 9.5 | 40.2 |
| 2030 | 9.9 | 39.2 |
| 2031 | 10.3 | 38.3 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- 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 149 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