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Costa Rica vs Honduras

120 shared metrics.

Costa RicaLeads in 81

vs120 shared

HondurasLeads in 39

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Costa Rica

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Costa Rica.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Costa Rica reached 300 days of 100% renewable electricity generation in 2017.

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Honduras

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Honduras.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the name means "depths" in Spanish and refers to the deep anchorage in the northern Bay of Trujillo.

CIA 2026

Analysis

Costa Rica leads in 81 of 120 shared metrics, while Honduras leads in 39.

Costa Rica's McDonald's Outlets per Million People is 10.0x that of Honduras (16.21 per 1M people vs 1.5 per 1M people).

Costa Rica's Tourism Revenue is 6.8x that of Honduras ($1,479,000,000 vs $189,000,000).

Costa Rica's Seafood Consumption per Person is 6.1x that of Honduras (17.85 kg/person/yr vs 2.5 kg/person/yr).

Costa Rica's High-Tech Exports (%) is 4.9x that of Honduras (22.86% vs 3.9%).

Costa Rica's Broadband Access (%) is 4.8x that of Honduras (23 per 100 people vs 4.0 per 100 people).

Key Comparisons

McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Costa Rica leads

Costa Rica

16.21 per 1M people

Honduras

1.5 per 1M people

Tourism RevenueCosta Rica leads

Costa Rica

$1,479,000,000

Honduras

$189,000,000

Seafood Consumption per PersonCosta Rica leads

Costa Rica

17.85 kg/person/yr

Honduras

2.5 kg/person/yr

High-Tech Exports (%)Costa Rica leads

Costa Rica

22.86%

Honduras

3.9%

Broadband Access (%)Costa Rica leads

Costa Rica

23 per 100 people

Honduras

4.0 per 100 people

Doctors (per 1,000)Costa Rica leads

Costa Rica

2.7 per 1k

Honduras

0.49 per 1k

All Metrics

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Costa Rica

16.21 per 1M people

Honduras

1.5 per 1M people

1004% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Tourism Revenue

Costa Rica

$1,479,000,000

Honduras

$189,000,000

683% higher

Seafood Consumption per Person

Costa Rica

17.85 kg/person/yr

Honduras

2.5 kg/person/yr

606% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

Costa Rica

22.86%

Honduras

3.9%

490% higher

Broadband Access (%)

Costa Rica

23 per 100 people

Honduras

4.0 per 100 people

475% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Costa Rica

2.7 per 1k

Honduras

0.49 per 1k

449% higher

GNI Per Capita

Costa Rica

$15,620

Honduras

$3,020

417% higher

Air Passengers

Costa Rica

1.97M

Honduras

428.4K

360% higher

Scientific Publications

Costa Rica

711.36

Honduras

159.18

347% higher

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Costa Rica

$30,062.85

Honduras

$7,486.02

302% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Costa Rica

$978.84

Honduras

$251.04

290% higher

Credit Card Ownership

Costa Rica

15.79% of adults

Honduras

4.1% of adults

290% higher

Foreign Patents

Costa Rica

566

Honduras

188

201% higher

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Costa Rica

2.2K kWh/person

Honduras

752.1 kWh/person

193% higher

Elderly Population (%)

Costa Rica

12.23%

Honduras

4.4%

177% higher

Suicide Rate

Costa Rica

8.1 per 100k

Honduras

3.0 per 100k

171% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Costa Rica

$95,350,423,176.6

Honduras

$37,093,565,854.04

157% higher

Corruption Perceptions Index

Costa Rica

56 pts

Honduras

22 pts

155% higher

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Costa Rica

63.05 per 100k

Honduras

25.37 per 100k

149% higher

Youth Unemployment Rate

Costa Rica

19.95% of youth labor force

Honduras

8.5% of youth labor force

134% higher

Comparison of Costa Rica and Honduras across 120 metrics
				Winner
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	16.21 per 1M people	1.5 per 1M people	1004% higher	Costa Rica
Tourism Revenue	$1,479,000,000	$189,000,000	683% higher	Costa Rica
Seafood Consumption per Person	17.85 kg/person/yr	2.5 kg/person/yr	606% higher	Costa Rica
High-Tech Exports (%)	22.86%	3.9%	490% higher	Costa Rica
Broadband Access (%)	23 per 100 people	4.0 per 100 people	475% higher	Costa Rica
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.7 per 1k	0.49 per 1k	449% higher	Costa Rica
GNI Per Capita	$15,620	$3,020	417% higher	Costa Rica
Air Passengers	1.97M	428.4K	360% higher	Costa Rica
Scientific Publications	711.36	159.18	347% higher	Costa Rica
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$30,062.85	$7,486.02	302% higher	Costa Rica
Health Spending Per Capita	$978.84	$251.04	290% higher	Costa Rica
Credit Card Ownership	15.79% of adults	4.1% of adults	290% higher	Costa Rica
Foreign Patents	566	188	201% higher	Costa Rica
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	2.2K kWh/person	752.1 kWh/person	193% higher	Costa Rica
Elderly Population (%)	12.23%	4.4%	177% higher	Costa Rica
Suicide Rate	8.1 per 100k	3.0 per 100k	171% higher	Costa Rica
GDP (Nominal)	$95,350,423,176.6	$37,093,565,854.04	157% higher	Costa Rica
Corruption Perceptions Index	56 pts	22 pts	155% higher	Costa Rica
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	63.05 per 100k	25.37 per 100k	149% higher	Costa Rica
Youth Unemployment Rate	19.95% of youth labor force	8.5% of youth labor force	134% higher	Costa Rica
Vehicles per 1,000 People	413.32 per 1k people	180.03 per 1k people	130% higher	Costa Rica
Water Withdrawal	3.4 B m³	1.6 B m³	114% higher	Costa Rica
Liberal Democracy Index	0.81	0.38	113% higher	Costa Rica
Milk Consumption per Person	183.28 kg/person/yr	91.33 kg/person/yr	101% higher	Costa Rica
Wind Electricity Share	12.1%	6.0%	101% higher	Costa Rica
Digital Payments Used	60.46% of adults	30.05% of adults	101% higher	Costa Rica
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	4.0 sites	2.0 sites	100% higher	Costa Rica
Merchant Fleet Size	11	489	98% lower	Honduras
Solar Electricity Share	0.70%	9.5%	93% lower	Honduras
Electricity Carbon Intensity	24.2 gCO2/kWh	322.12 gCO2/kWh	92% lower	Honduras
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	136 per 100 people	74.41 per 100 people	83% higher	Costa Rica
Women in Parliament (%)	49.12%	27.34%	80% higher	Costa Rica
Firms Making Informal Payments	2.1% of firms	10.85% of firms	80% lower	Honduras
Political Corruption Index	0.21	0.75	73% lower	Honduras
Shipping Traffic	1.59M	923.3K	73% higher	Costa Rica
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.0K kg oil eq/person	593.63 kg oil eq/person	73% higher	Costa Rica
Water Stress (%)	3.1%	1.8%	72% higher	Costa Rica
Tourist Arrivals	1.15M	669.0K	71% higher	Costa Rica
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.2 per 1k	0.70 per 1k	71% higher	Costa Rica
Electoral Democracy Index	0.86	0.51	69% higher	Costa Rica
Spirits Consumption	0.34 L/person/yr	1.1 L/person/yr	68% lower	Honduras
Teen Birth Rate	26.25 per 1k	82.08 per 1k	68% lower	Honduras
Meat Consumption per Person	53.56 kg/person/yr	33.09 kg/person/yr	62% higher	Costa Rica
Railway Length	278 km	699 km	60% lower	Honduras
Land Border Length	661 km	1.6K km	58% lower	Honduras
Coastline Length	1.3K km	823 km	57% higher	Costa Rica
Armed Forces Personnel	10.0K	23.0K	57% lower	Honduras
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	5.6% of GDP	3.5% of GDP	57% higher	Costa Rica
Informal Employment Share	36.11% of employed people	82.61% of employed people	56% lower	Honduras
Land Area	51.1K km²	111.9K km²	54% lower	Honduras
Forest Area	30.8K km²	63.0K km²	51% lower	Honduras
Insufficient Physical Activity	49.32% of adults	33.3% of adults	48% higher	Costa Rica
Internet Users (%)	85%	58%	47% higher	Costa Rica
Median Age	34.1 years	23.5 years	45% higher	Costa Rica
Birth Rate	10.86 per 1k	19.7 per 1k	45% lower	Honduras
Population	5.30M	9.53M	44% lower	Honduras
Homicide Rate	17.75 per 100k	31.44 per 100k	44% lower	Honduras
CO2 Per Capita	1.7 t/person/yr	1.2 t/person/yr	44% higher	Costa Rica
Imports (% GDP)	32.8% of GDP	57.56% of GDP	43% lower	Honduras
Youth Population (%)	18.8%	30.62%	39% lower	Honduras
Fertility Rate	1.4 children/woman	2.3 children/woman	37% lower	Honduras
Education Spending (% GDP)	6.2% of GDP	4.5% of GDP	37% higher	Costa Rica
Beer Consumption	2.2 L/person/yr	1.6 L/person/yr	36% higher	Costa Rica
Firms Asked for Bribes	5.6% of firms	8.7% of firms	36% lower	Honduras
Tobacco Use Prevalence	7.9% of adults	12.1% of adults	35% lower	Honduras
Urban Population (%)	79.31%	58.79%	35% higher	Costa Rica
Highest Elevation	3.8K m	2.9K m	33% higher	Costa Rica
Border Neighbors	2.0	3.0	33% lower	Honduras
Child Mortality	10.5 per 1k births	15.5 per 1k births	32% lower	Honduras
Total CO2 Emissions	8.4 Mt CO2e	12.29 Mt CO2e	32% lower	Honduras
Infant Mortality	9.2 per 1k births	13.3 per 1k births	31% lower	Honduras
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	14.31 µg/m³	20.31 µg/m³	30% lower	Honduras
Human Development Index	0.83	0.65	29% higher	Costa Rica
Unemployment Rate	7.8%	6.1%	29% higher	Costa Rica
Smoking Rate	8.9%	12.3%	28% lower	Honduras
Government Debt (% GDP)	48.9% of GDP	38.5% of GDP	27% higher	Costa Rica
Firms Hit by Power Outages	51.42% of firms	69.83% of firms	26% lower	Honduras
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	8.0 days/yr	25% higher	Costa Rica
Renewable Energy (%)	34.2%	45.9%	25% lower	Honduras
Safe Drinking Water (%)	80.5%	65.52%	23% higher	Costa Rica
Life Evaluation Score	7.4 pts	6.1 pts	22% higher	Costa Rica
GDP Growth Rate	4.3%	3.6%	22% higher	Costa Rica
Big Mac Price	$6.04	$5.06	19% higher	Costa Rica
Dependency Ratio	44.98% of working-age pop.	53.94% of working-age pop.	17% lower	Honduras
Capital Elevation	1.2K m	990 m	17% higher	Costa Rica
Road Traffic Death Rate	15.5 per 100k	18.5 per 100k	16% lower	Honduras
Women's Political Empowerment	0.91	0.79	15% higher	Costa Rica
Hypertension Prevalence	38.9% of adults	33.9% of adults	15% higher	Costa Rica
Exports (% GDP)	38.53% of GDP	33.55% of GDP	15% higher	Costa Rica
Protected Land (%)	26.5%	23.4%	13% higher	Costa Rica
Sanitation Access (%)	98.79%	87.67%	13% higher	Costa Rica
Health Spending (% GDP)	7.2% of GDP	8.3% of GDP	13% lower	Honduras
Irrigated Land	1.0K km²	900 km²	13% higher	Costa Rica
Electric Generating Capacity	3.75M kW	3.33M kW	13% higher	Costa Rica
Obesity Rate	31.97%	28.54%	12% higher	Costa Rica
Life Expectancy	80.8 years	72.9 years	11% higher	Costa Rica
Alcohol Consumption	3.4 L/adult/yr	3.1 L/adult/yr	10% higher	Costa Rica
Firms with Female Top Manager	25.26% of firms	28.04% of firms	10% lower	Honduras
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	13.91% of GDP	15.07% of GDP	8% lower	Honduras
Forest Coverage (%)	60.4%	56.27%	7% higher	Costa Rica
Death Rate	5.2 per 1k	4.9 per 1k	7% higher	Costa Rica
Freedom of Expression Index	0.92	0.86	6% higher	Costa Rica
Electricity Generation	12.38 TWh	11.71 TWh	6% higher	Costa Rica
Population Density	99.99 /km²	95.14 /km²	5% higher	Costa Rica
Electricity Access (%)	100%	95.6%	5% higher	Costa Rica
Agricultural Land (%)	33.14%	31.96%	4% higher	Costa Rica
Can Raise Emergency Money	85.71% of adults	89.64% of adults	4% lower	Honduras
Food Waste per Person	157.86 kg/person/yr	151.2 kg/person/yr	4% higher	Costa Rica
Average Weekly Work Hours	42.88 hrs/week	43.71 hrs/week	2% lower	Honduras
Airports	132	130	2% higher	Costa Rica
Women in Senior Management	46.21% of managers	45.96% of managers	1% higher	Costa Rica
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Costa Rica
Inequality (Gini)	45.8	45.7	equal	Costa Rica
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0.48%	ranked lower	Honduras
Inflation Rate	-0.4%	4.6%	ranked lower	Honduras
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.19 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Costa Rica
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Costa Rica
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Costa Rica
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-0.7% of GDP	2.4% of GDP	ranked lower	Honduras
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	2.1 per 100k people	0 per 100k people	ranked higher	Costa Rica

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Analysis

Costa Rica leads in 81 of 120 shared metrics, while Honduras leads in 39.

Costa Rica's McDonald's Outlets per Million People is 10.0x that of Honduras (16.21 per 1M people vs 1.5 per 1M people).

Costa Rica's Tourism Revenue is 6.8x that of Honduras ($1,479,000,000 vs $189,000,000).

Costa Rica's Seafood Consumption per Person is 6.1x that of Honduras (17.85 kg/person/yr vs 2.5 kg/person/yr).

Costa Rica's High-Tech Exports (%) is 4.9x that of Honduras (22.86% vs 3.9%).

Costa Rica's Broadband Access (%) is 4.8x that of Honduras (23 per 100 people vs 4.0 per 100 people).

Key Comparisons

McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Costa Rica leads

Costa Rica

16.21 per 1M people

Honduras

1.5 per 1M people

Tourism RevenueCosta Rica leads

Costa Rica

$1,479,000,000

Honduras

$189,000,000

Seafood Consumption per PersonCosta Rica leads

Costa Rica

17.85 kg/person/yr

Honduras

2.5 kg/person/yr

High-Tech Exports (%)Costa Rica leads

Costa Rica

22.86%

Honduras

3.9%

Broadband Access (%)Costa Rica leads

Costa Rica

23 per 100 people

Honduras

4.0 per 100 people

Doctors (per 1,000)Costa Rica leads

Costa Rica

2.7 per 1k

Honduras

0.49 per 1k

16.21 per 1M people

1.5 per 1M people

Tourism Revenue

$1,479,000,000

$189,000,000

Seafood Consumption per Person

17.85 kg/person/yr

2.5 kg/person/yr

High-Tech Exports (%)

22.86%

3.9%

Broadband Access (%)

23 per 100 people

4.0 per 100 people

Doctors (per 1,000)

2.7 per 1k

0.49 per 1k

GNI Per Capita

$15,620

$3,020

Air Passengers

1.97M

428.4K

Scientific Publications

711.36

159.18

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$30,062.85

$7,486.02

Health Spending Per Capita

$978.84

$251.04

Credit Card Ownership

15.79% of adults

4.1% of adults

Foreign Patents

566

188

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

2.2K kWh/person

752.1 kWh/person

Elderly Population (%)

12.23%

4.4%

Suicide Rate

8.1 per 100k

3.0 per 100k

GDP (Nominal)

$95,350,423,176.6

$37,093,565,854.04

Corruption Perceptions Index

56 pts

22 pts

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

63.05 per 100k

25.37 per 100k

Youth Unemployment Rate

19.95% of youth labor force

8.5% of youth labor force

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Tourism Revenue

Seafood Consumption per Person

High-Tech Exports (%)

Broadband Access (%)

Doctors (per 1,000)

GNI Per Capita

Air Passengers

Scientific Publications

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Health Spending Per Capita

Credit Card Ownership

Foreign Patents

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Elderly Population (%)

Suicide Rate

GDP (Nominal)

Corruption Perceptions Index

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Youth Unemployment Rate

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Water Withdrawal

Liberal Democracy Index

Milk Consumption per Person

Wind Electricity Share

Digital Payments Used

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Merchant Fleet Size

Solar Electricity Share

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Women in Parliament (%)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Political Corruption Index

Shipping Traffic

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Water Stress (%)

Tourist Arrivals

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Electoral Democracy Index

Spirits Consumption

Teen Birth Rate

Meat Consumption per Person

Railway Length

Land Border Length

Coastline Length

Armed Forces Personnel

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Informal Employment Share

Land Area

Forest Area

Insufficient Physical Activity

Internet Users (%)

Median Age

Birth Rate

Population

Homicide Rate

CO2 Per Capita

Imports (% GDP)

Youth Population (%)

Fertility Rate

Education Spending (% GDP)

Beer Consumption

Firms Asked for Bribes

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Urban Population (%)

Highest Elevation

Border Neighbors

Child Mortality

Total CO2 Emissions

Infant Mortality

Air Pollution (PM2.5)