Honduras

GDP (PPP) per capita (2020): 5,420.23 Int. Dollar Population (2020): 9,904,608 HDI (2020): 0.63
ND-GAIN Country Index rank 136
Score: 40.3
Vulnerability 0.462
Readiness 0.267

The high vulnerability score and low readiness score of Honduras places it in the upper-left quadrant of the ND-GAIN Matrix. It has both a great need for investment and innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for action. Honduras is the 69th most vulnerable country and the 174th most ready country.

ND-GAIN Ranking since 1995

Year 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ranking
133
133
129
127
129
130
129
131
133
134
135
131
127
127
125
127
135
136
135
132
132
136
137
136
137
136
Denotes worst scores
Indicator 2001 to 2020 Score
Vulnerability
0.462
Food
0.495
Projected change of cereal yields
0.964
Projected population change
0.270
Food import dependency
0.291
Rural population
0.449
Agriculture capacity
0.936
Child malnutrition
0.064
Water
0.315
Projected change of annual runoff
0.450
Projected change of annual groundwater recharge
0.244
Fresh water withdrawal rate
0.015
Water dependency ratio
0.016
Dam capacity
0.850
Access to reliable drinking water
-
Health
0.491
Projected change of deaths from climate change induced diseases
0.303
Projected change in vector-borne diseases
0.662
Dependency on external resource for health services
0.096
Slum population
0.396
Medical staff
0.974
Access to improved sanitation facilities
0.514
Ecosystem Services
0.555
Projected change of biome distribution
0.588
Projected change of marine biodiversity
0.395
Natural capital dependency
0.978
Ecological footprint
0.185
Protected biome
0.408
Engagement in international environmental conventions
0.773
Human Habitat
0.560
Projected change of warm periods
0.337
Projected change of flood hazard
0.464
Urban concentration
0.551
Age dependency ratio
0.552
Quality of trade and transport infrastructure
0.649
Paved roads
0.806
Infrastructure
0.358
Projected change of hydropower generation capacity
0.431
Projected change of sea level rise impacts
0.238
Dependency on imported energy
0.846
Population living under 5m above sea level
0.052
Electricity access
0.069
Disaster preparedness
0.513