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Guyana vs Honduras

Side-by-side comparison of Guyana and Honduras from official statistics: size, economy, people, trade, natural resources, health, infrastructure and military, with world ranks, years and sources.

Guyana

Latin America & Caribbean · nation age 60 years

NationsTree Index45.8104th of 196
Tree height5.2 m 
vs
25:9
indicators where each ranks higher

Honduras

Latin America & Caribbean · nation age 205 years

NationsTree Index37.6138th of 196
Tree height5.2 m 
Open in the comparison tool Data as of 26 October 2026

In short

Guyana scores 45.8 in the NationsTree Index (104th in the world) and Honduras scores 37.6 (138th), a gap of 8.2 points. Their trees are 5.2 m and 5.2 m tall; tree height grows with real GDP and is adjusted by the index.

Honduras has 13 times the population of Guyana. Guyana has 91% more land area than Honduras. Guyana and Honduras have economies of similar size (GDP at purchasing power parity). Population: Guyana 835,986 and Honduras 11.0 million (2025).

GDP per person at purchasing power parity is $97,899 in Guyana and $7,871 in Honduras (2025, international dollars). People in Honduras live on average 2.7 years longer (73.0 vs 70.3 years).

Of 34 indicators reported by both countries, Guyana ranks higher in the world on 25 and Honduras on 9. Guyana is clearly stronger in institutions & safety, natural resources and society & health. Honduras is clearly stronger in main industries, tourism and land & people.

As a nation, Honduras is the older of the two (statehood since 1821, 205 years), compared with Guyana (since 1966). Over the last five years Guyana improved faster (direction score 91 vs 87 out of 100).

Where they differ most

The indicators with the biggest gap in world position between Guyana and Honduras.

Over time

How the two countries moved against each other, from the yearly data.

NationsTree IndexGuyanaHonduras
20304050 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 2025

Guyana overtook Honduras in the NationsTree Index in 2016 and has stayed ahead since.

Honduras overtook Guyana in life expectancy in 1999 and has stayed ahead since.

Guyana has been ahead of Honduras in GDP per person (PPP) in every year since 1990.

Honduras has been ahead of Guyana in GDP (PPP) and population in every year since 1990.

Strength by category

Average world percentile of the indicators in each category (0–100, direction taken into account). i

All indicators

Latest available value for each country with its year and world rank. Green: the better world position of the two, red: the weaker one.

Indicator Guyana Honduras
Land & people
Surface area i km² 214,97084th/216 · 2024 112,492103rd/216 · 2024
Land area i km² 211,14083rd/216 · 2024 111,890101st/216 · 2024
Population i people 835,986164th/217 · 2025 11.0 m86th/217 · 2025
Population growth i % 0.59%131st/217 · 2025 1.65%63rd/217 · 2025
Population density i people/km² 3.9211th/216 · 2024 96.8110th/216 · 2024
Urban population i % 26.5%202nd/217 · 2025 59.3%131st/217 · 2025
Population aged 0–14 i % 28.9%76th/217 · 2025 30.3%69th/217 · 2025
Population aged 65+ i % 7.0%125th/217 · 2025 4.5%156th/217 · 2025
Economy
GDP i USD $27.10 bn120th/210 · 2025 $39.60 bn105th/210 · 2025
GDP (PPP) i intl. USD $81.84 bn110th/199 · 2025 $86.63 bn108th/199 · 2025
Real GDP (PPP, constant 2021 prices) i intl. USD 2021 $69.94 bn110th/199 · 2025 $74.03 bn108th/199 · 2025
GDP per person i USD $32,41453rd/210 · 2025 $3,598154th/210 · 2025
GDP per person (PPP) i intl. USD $97,8999th/199 · 2025 $7,871151st/199 · 2025
GNI per person (Atlas) i USD $28,47051st/201 · 2025 $3,270147th/201 · 2025
GDP growth i % 19.3%1st/210 · 2025 3.8%89th/210 · 2025
Inflation i % 3.3%98th/180 · 2025 4.6%135th/180 · 2025
Unemployment i % 12.0%162nd/187 · 2025 4.9%84th/187 · 2025
General government gross debt i % of GDP 28.9%31st/189 · 2025 40.3%60th/189 · 2025
Government budget balance i % of GDP -5.5%159th/192 · 2025 -0.7%52nd/192 · 2025
Main industries
Agriculture, forestry, fishing i % of GDP 7.7%86th/197 · 2025 13.3%58th/197 · 2025
Industry incl. construction i % of GDP 75.1%1st/200 · 2025 25.4%80th/200 · 2025
Manufacturing i % of GDP 1.9%177th/192 · 2025 15.0%43rd/192 · 2025
Services i % of GDP 14.8%200th/200 · 2025 57.6%102nd/200 · 2025
Trade
Exports of goods & services i USD $698.0 m2005 $13.86 bn100th/182 · 2025
Imports of goods & services i USD $905.1 m2005 $22.38 bn91st/182 · 2025
Exports i % of GDP 84.6%2005 35.0%95th/183 · 2025
Imports i % of GDP 109.7%2005 56.5%60th/183 · 2025
Trade openness i % of GDP 194.4%2005 91.5%80th/183 · 2025
Fuel exports i % of merchandise exports 88.9%5th/170 · 2025 0.0%143rd/170 · 2024
Manufactures exports i % of merchandise exports 0.2%170th/171 · 2025 39.1%77th/171 · 2024
Food exports i % of merchandise exports 1.7%156th/171 · 2025 53.5%25th/171 · 2024
Ores & metals exports i % of merchandise exports 1.0%135th/171 · 2025 3.2%85th/171 · 2024
High-tech exports i % of manufactured exports 13.3%54th/168 · 2024 3.9%105th/168 · 2024
Current account balance i % of GDP 21.4%4th/191 · 2025 2.4%54th/191 · 2025
Foreign direct investment, inflows i % of GDP 33.1%4th/196 · 2025 2.7%76th/196 · 2025
Natural resources
Natural resource rents i % of GDP 33.7%7th/209 · 2021 1.2%112th/209 · 2021
Oil rents i % of GDP 22.08%8th/197 · 2021 0.00%113th/197 · 2021
Natural gas rents i % of GDP 0.00%100th/197 · 2021 0.00%100th/197 · 2021
Coal rents i % of GDP 0.00%68th/195 · 2021 0.00%68th/195 · 2021
Mineral rents i % of GDP 9.38%13th/209 · 2021 0.38%57th/209 · 2021
Forest rents i % of GDP 2.22%33rd/209 · 2021 0.84%58th/209 · 2021
Arable land i % of land area 0.4%196th/206 · 2024 9.1%110th/206 · 2024
Renewable freshwater per person i m³ 293,3172nd/183 · 2022 8,66453rd/183 · 2022
Tourism
International tourist arrivals i arrivals 86,400169th/194 · 2020 669,000110th/194 · 2020
Tourism receipts i USD $28.0 m2003 $189.0 m130th/175 · 2020
Tourism receipts i % of exports 4.2%2003 3.0%107th/168 · 2020
Outbound trips i departures — 703,00069th/107 · 2018
Society & health
Life expectancy i years 70.3151st/217 · 2024 73.0125th/217 · 2024
Under-5 mortality i per 1,000 births 25.2132nd/196 · 2024 15.099th/196 · 2024
Physicians i per 1,000 people 1.3995th/174 · 2020 0.49125th/174 · 2020
Hospital beds i per 1,000 people 3.253rd/145 · 2023 0.5136th/145 · 2023
DPT immunization i % of children 12–23 months 98%20th/193 · 2024 75%157th/193 · 2024
Completed lower secondary, 25+ i % of adults 57.0%2019 34.3%125th/153 · 2024
Secondary enrolment i % gross 91.4%96th/173 · 2024 51.8%153rd/173 · 2024
Social protection coverage (incl. pensions) i % of population — 32.2%41st/55 · 2019
Old-age dependency ratio i % of working-age population 10.9%123rd/217 · 2025 7.0%160th/217 · 2025
Health spending i % of GDP 2.5%189th/193 · 2023 7.7%68th/193 · 2023
Adult literacy i % 85.6%62nd/98 · 2020 88.3%56th/98 · 2024
Tertiary enrolment i % gross 26.4%109th/150 · 2024 23.3%116th/150 · 2024
Human Development Index i index 0–1 0.77689th/193 · 2023 0.645139th/193 · 2023
Income inequality (Gini) i index 45.11998 45.7101st/108 · 2024
Extreme poverty i % of population 13.0%1998 15.7%86th/108 · 2024
Infrastructure & digital
Access to electricity i % of population 93.0%157th/215 · 2024 95.5%153rd/215 · 2024
Safely managed drinking water i % of population 67.2%91st/150 · 2024 65.5%94th/150 · 2024
Safely managed sanitation i % of population 43.4%93rd/144 · 2024 —
Internet users i % of population 83.0%91st/186 · 2024 58.6%141st/186 · 2024
Mobile subscriptions i per 100 people 113114th/210 · 2022 71177th/210 · 2024
Fixed broadband i per 100 people 12.9107th/208 · 2022 4.6142nd/208 · 2024
Trade & transport infrastructure quality (LPI) i score 1–5 2.4096th/164 · 2022 2.7071st/164 · 2022
Air passengers carried i passengers 7,512153rd/161 · 2021 428,443117th/161 · 2023
Environment & energy
CO₂ emissions per person i t CO₂e 4.56145th/203 · 2024 1.1467th/203 · 2024
Renewable energy i % of final energy use 12.1%134th/212 · 2022 45.9%54th/212 · 2021
Air pollution (PM2.5) i µg/m³ 16.9100th/200 · 2023 30.7153rd/200 · 2023
Forest area i % of land area 87.1%6th/214 · 2024 52.8%50th/214 · 2024
Energy use per person i kg oil eq. 6612007 586116th/149 · 2024
Institutions & safety
Government effectiveness i score 0–100 55.495th/205 · 2025 40.4147th/205 · 2025
Control of corruption i score 0–100 40.4122nd/207 · 2025 22.9182nd/207 · 2025
Rule of law i score 0–100 53.5118th/207 · 2025 39.6174th/207 · 2025
Political stability i score 0–100 69.299th/207 · 2025 58.0147th/207 · 2025
Regulatory quality i score 0–100 48.5128th/205 · 2025 44.6146th/205 · 2025
Voice & accountability i score 0–100 58.999th/205 · 2025 46.8133rd/205 · 2025
Homicide rate i per 100,000 19.1128th/145 · 2023 31.4135th/145 · 2023
Military
Military expenditure i USD $247.6 m118th/156 · 2025 $580.2 m100th/156 · 2025
Military expenditure i % of GDP 1.0%116th/156 · 2025 1.5%90th/156 · 2025
Military expenditure i % of government spending 4.0%109th/154 · 2025 5.7%69th/154 · 2025
Armed forces personnel i people 3,000152nd/170 · 2020 23,00098th/170 · 2020
Armed forces personnel i % of labour force 1.04%63rd/168 · 2020 0.56%105th/168 · 2020
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV) i TIV 5.0 m129th/163 · 2025 7.0 m117th/163 · 2024
Science & innovation
R&D spending i % of GDP — 0.06%2019
Patent applications by residents i applications 2123rd/137 · 2024 82018
Scientific articles i articles 50155th/197 · 2023 130136th/197 · 2023

Questions and answers

Which has more people, Guyana or Honduras?

Honduras has the larger population: 11.0 m (2025) compared with 835,986 for Guyana (2025). Source: World Bank, SP.POP.TOTL.

Which is bigger by area, Guyana or Honduras?

Guyana is larger: 214,970 km² (2024) compared with 112,492 km² for Honduras (2024). Source: World Bank, AG.SRF.TOTL.K2.

Which economy is larger, Guyana or Honduras?

Honduras has the larger economy at purchasing power parity: $86.63 bn intl. (2025) compared with $81.84 bn intl. for Guyana (2025). Source: World Bank, NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD.

Which is richer per person, Guyana or Honduras?

Guyana has the higher GDP per person (PPP): $97,899 intl. (2025) compared with $7,871 intl. for Honduras (2025). Source: World Bank, NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD.

Where do people live longer, in Guyana or Honduras?

Honduras has the higher life expectancy at birth: 73.0 years (2024) compared with 70.3 years for Guyana (2024). Source: World Bank, SP.DYN.LE00.IN.

Which spends more on the military, Guyana or Honduras?

Honduras spends more on the military: $580.2 m (2025) compared with $247.6 m for Guyana (2025). Source: World Bank, MS.MIL.XPND.CD.

Which ranks higher in the NationsTree Index, Guyana or Honduras?

Guyana: 45.8 points (104th in the world); Honduras: 37.6 points (138th). The index combines foundations, economic strength, quality of life, problems and 5-year direction from public statistics.

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Sources

World Bank World Development Indicators and Worldwide Governance Indicators, compiling UN agencies, the IMF, WHO, SIPRI and national statistical offices; every row links to its world ranking with the source series. See Sources & licences and Methodology.

Cite as: NationsTree (2026). Guyana vs Honduras — country comparison. https://nationstree.org/compare/guyana-vs-honduras. Data as of 26 October 2026.

Cite as: NationsTree (2026). Guyana vs Honduras — country comparison. https://nationstree.org/compare/guyana-vs-honduras. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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