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Mortality in Honduras, by the numbers

Honduras sits in Latin America & Caribbean. A newborn there can expect about 73.1 years of life, 122nd of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Honduras, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
73.1 yrs
122nd of 212
Crude death rate
4.5 /1,000
13th lowest of 212
Suicide rate
3.0 /100k
31st lowest of 182

16 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Honduras ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 73.1 yrs 122 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 10.6 /1,000 53 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 4.5 /1,000 200 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 16.1 yrs 144 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 63.5 /1,000 104 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.2 yrs 92 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 80.0 men/100 women 109 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 12.8 /1,000 93 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 47.0 /100k 95 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 17.8 % 101 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 3.0 /100k 152 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 16.1 /100k 82 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 3.1 L 115 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 4.4 % 154 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $249 122 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $3,426 154 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Honduras's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 13th lowest crude death rate in the world (4.5 /1,000) and the 31st lowest suicide rate in the world (3.0 /100k). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Honduras; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.