Honduras vs Mexico
Honduras vs Mexico: Government debt
Government debt in 2025: 40.3% of GDP in Honduras and 61.7% of GDP in Mexico, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by 21.3 percentage points, or 1.53 times that in Honduras.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Honduras.
- In 2025, Honduras ranked 104 and Mexico ranked 52 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Honduras at 38.3% of GDP and Mexico at 64.5% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Honduras | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.3 | 61.7 |
| 2024 | 42.2 | 59 |
| 2023 | 42.1 | 52.7 |
| 2022 | 46.9 | 53.8 |
| 2021 | 52.7 | 56.7 |
| 2020 | 54.3 | 58.5 |
| 2019 | 44.1 | 51.9 |
| 2018 | 43.2 | 52.2 |
| 2017 | 42.2 | 52.5 |
| 2016 | 40.3 | 55 |
| 2015 | 39.3 | 51 |
| 2014 | 36.3 | 47.1 |
| 2013 | 38.6 | 44.1 |
| 2012 | 28.4 | 40.8 |
| 2011 | 26.1 | 41.2 |
| 2010 | 23.4 | 40.2 |
| 2009 | 25.5 | 41.7 |
| 2008 | 22.3 | 40.6 |
| 2007 | 24 | 35.5 |
| 2006 | 39.2 | 35.8 |
| 2005 | 55.6 | 36.8 |
| 2004 | 60.9 | 38.9 |
| 2003 | 67.8 | 42.1 |
| 2002 | 64.3 | 39.9 |
| 2001 | 63.4 | 37.3 |
| 2000 | 65.8 | 38.5 |
| 1999 | 75.8 | 41.7 |
| 1998 | 67.4 | 39.7 |
| 1997 | 70.8 | 39.1 |
| 1996 | 64.6 | 42.5 |
| 1995 | 65.4 | – |
| 1994 | 85.5 | – |
| 1993 | 111.7 | – |
| 1992 | 123.2 | – |
| 1991 | 135.4 | – |
| 1990 | 236.5 | – |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Honduras | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 62.1 |
| 2027 | 42.3 | 62.9 |
| 2028 | 41.3 | 63.4 |
| 2029 | 40.2 | 64 |
| 2030 | 39.2 | 64.3 |
| 2031 | 38.3 | 64.5 |
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
Honduras vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyHonduras: 72.9 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHonduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHonduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHonduras: 65.2% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionHonduras: 2.75% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateHonduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHonduras: 10.6 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthHonduras: 1.7% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHonduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHonduras: 59.3% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageHonduras: 23.6 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHonduras: 4.3% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateHonduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHonduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHonduras: $582M in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personHonduras: $53 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHonduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHonduras: 23,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerHonduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHonduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHonduras: 7 million TIV in 2024Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025