# Guatemala and Honduras compared Guatemala and Honduras side by side: 43 shared sourced indicators across 9 domains, and the 1 events their chronicles record of each other. Canonical: https://terralore.co/compare/gtm-vs-hnd Updated: 2026-08-10 (latest of the two dossiers' refreshes and the two chronicles' verification dates) Two sourced records set beside each other — nothing on this page was written for the pair. Every figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two national dossiers; every event is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle. Figures are compared, never graded. A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero; each value shows its own observation year — vintages differ by indicator and nation. ## Formation - Guatemala: 15 September 1821 — The Act of Independence of Central America is enacted at Guatemala City - Honduras: 1821 — Honduras declares independence from Spain with the Central American provinces ## Economy | Metric | Guatemala | Observed | Honduras | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | GDP | $113 B | 2024 | $37 B | 2024 | | GDP per capita | $6,150 | 2024 | $3,426 | 2024 | | GDP growth | 3.7% | 2024 | 3.6% | 2024 | | Inflation | 2.9% | 2024 | 4.6% | 2024 | | Trade openness | 47.3% | 2024 | 91.1% | 2024 | ## Society | Metric | Guatemala | Observed | Honduras | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population | 18 m | 2024 | 11 m | 2024 | | Life expectancy | 72.7 yrs | 2024 | 73.0 yrs | 2024 | | Urban population | 56.0% | 2024 | 58.8% | 2024 | | Fertility rate | 2.3 | 2024 | 2.5 | 2024 | ## Governance | Metric | Guatemala | Observed | Honduras | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 48.6 | 2024 | 45.4 | 2024 | | Political stability | 62.3 | 2024 | 56.2 | 2024 | | Government effectiveness | 33.7 | 2024 | 39.3 | 2024 | | Regulatory quality | 50.0 | 2024 | 45.0 | 2024 | | Rule of law | 40.4 | 2024 | 36.7 | 2024 | | Control of corruption | 28.7 | 2024 | 22.7 | 2024 | ## Health | Metric | Guatemala | Observed | Honduras | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 6.8% | 2023 | 7.7% | 2023 | | Physicians | 1.28 | 2020 | 0.49 | 2020 | | Under-5 mortality | 20.5 | 2024 | 15.0 | 2024 | | Measles immunisation | 90.0% | 2024 | 79.0% | 2024 | | Safe drinking water | 48.8% | 2024 | 65.5% | 2024 | ## Education | Metric | Guatemala | Observed | Honduras | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Adult literacy | 82.1% | 2024 | 88.3% | 2024 | | Education spending | 3.1% | 2024 | 4.5% | 2023 | | Primary enrolment | 101.5% | 2024 | 79.0% | 2024 | | Secondary enrolment | 49.6% | 2024 | 51.8% | 2024 | | Tertiary enrolment | 27.3% | 2023 | 23.3% | 2024 | ## Technology | Metric | Guatemala | Observed | Honduras | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | R&D spending | 0.0% | 2023 | 0.1% | 2019 | | Researchers (per million) | 1 | 2023 | 188 | 2019 | | Internet users | 60.2% | 2024 | 58.6% | 2024 | | Mobile subscriptions | 113 | 2024 | 71 | 2024 | | High-tech exports | 5.4% | 2024 | 3.9% | 2024 | ## Geography | Metric | Guatemala | Observed | Honduras | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Land area | 107,160 km² | 2023 | 111,890 km² | 2023 | | Forest area | 32.6% | 2023 | 56.3% | 2023 | | Agricultural land | 43.0% | 2023 | 32.0% | 2023 | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 1.1 | 2024 | 1.1 | 2024 | | Renewable energy | 62.1% | 2021 | 45.9% | 2021 | ## Resources | Metric | Guatemala | Observed | Honduras | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 1.9% | 2021 | 1.2% | 2021 | | Oil rents | 0.1% | 2021 | 0.0% | 2021 | | Mineral rents | 1.1% | 2021 | 0.4% | 2021 | | Forest rents | 0.7% | 2021 | 0.8% | 2021 | | Electricity access | 100.0% | 2023 | 95.6% | 2023 | ## Military | Metric | Guatemala | Observed | Honduras | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 0.4% | 2024 | 1.6% | 2024 | | Defense spending | $415 M | 2024 | $581 M | 2024 | | Armed forces | 43,000 | 2020 | 23,000 | 2020 | Each metric is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/.md). Full dossiers: https://terralore.co/country/GTM.md and https://terralore.co/country/HND.md. ## Entangled histories (1 event) Events in which either nation's sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the record exactly as its own chronicle carries it, with that chronicle's sources. - 15 Sept 1821: **Independence from Spain** — The provinces of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, Honduras among them, declare their independence from Spain. (from the Honduras chronicle; sources: A Guide to the History of Recognition: Honduras; Honduras: History) ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators - Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.who.int/data/gho - Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://childmortality.org - R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://uis.unesco.org - ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics - Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex Chronicle references are cited inline above and resolve in full at https://terralore.co/country/GTM/chronicle.md and https://terralore.co/country/HND/chronicle.md. 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