Honduras vs Nicaragua
Honduras vs Nicaragua: Safe drinking water
Safe drinking water: 65.2% in Honduras in 2022 and 55.5% in Nicaragua in 2020, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Honduras, by 8.9 percentage points, or 1.16 times that in Nicaragua.
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
What the numbers say
- Honduras has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Nicaragua.
- The world as a whole: 72.3% in 2020.
Every year
% of people · WHO/UNICEF
| Year | Honduras | Nicaragua | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 65.2 | – | 72.9 |
| 2021 | 64.8 | – | 72.5 |
| 2020 | 64.4 | 55.5 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 64 | 55.4 | 71.7 |
| 2018 | 63.5 | 55.4 | 71 |
| 2017 | 63.1 | 55.3 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 62.6 | 55.3 | 69.7 |
| 2015 | 62.1 | 55.2 | 69.1 |
| 2014 | 60.7 | 55.1 | 68.4 |
| 2013 | 59 | 54.6 | 67.7 |
| 2012 | 57.3 | 53.7 | 67.1 |
| 2011 | 55.7 | 52.7 | 66.4 |
| 2010 | 54 | 51.7 | 65.9 |
| 2009 | 52.4 | 50.7 | 65.4 |
| 2008 | 50.9 | 49.6 | 64.9 |
| 2007 | 49.3 | 48.6 | 64.6 |
| 2006 | 47.8 | 48.5 | 64 |
| 2005 | 46.4 | 48.4 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 44.9 | 48.3 | 63 |
| 2003 | 43.5 | 48.2 | 62.4 |
| 2002 | 42.2 | 48.1 | 61.8 |
| 2001 | 41.9 | 48 | 61.1 |
| 2000 | 41.6 | 47.9 | 60.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
- Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Honduras vs Nicaragua
Health
- Life expectancyHonduras: 72.9 years in 2023Nicaragua: 75 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHonduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024Nicaragua: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHonduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nicaragua: 12.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionHonduras: 2.75% in 2017Nicaragua: 2.85% in 2017
- Suicide rateHonduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Nicaragua: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHonduras: 10.6 million people in 2023Nicaragua: 6.82 million people in 2023
- Population growthHonduras: 1.7% a year in 2023Nicaragua: 1.36% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHonduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023Nicaragua: 2.22 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHonduras: 59.3% in 2025Nicaragua: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageHonduras: 23.6 years in 2023Nicaragua: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHonduras: 4.3% in 2023Nicaragua: 5.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateHonduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Nicaragua: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHonduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025Nicaragua: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHonduras: $582M in 2025Nicaragua: $115M in 2025
- Military spending per personHonduras: $53 in 2025Nicaragua: $17 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHonduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Nicaragua: 2.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHonduras: 23,000 people in 2020Nicaragua: 12,000 people in 2020
- National powerHonduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Nicaragua: 0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHonduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020Nicaragua: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHonduras: 7 million TIV in 2024Nicaragua: 13 million TIV in 2019