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Honduras
RegionLatin America & Caribbean
GDP50.89[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita5138.39[$]
Population9.90[millions]
Land Area112947.40[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 121 36.50 7.20
Ecosystem Vitality 105 40.90 8.60
Biodiversity 79 60.70 11.50
Terrestrial biomes (natl) 92 77.50 5.70
Terrestrial biomes (global) 97 77.90 9.90
Marine protected areas 44 43.80 34.90
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 32 56.20 12.10
Biodiversity Habitat Index 82 44.30 NA
Species Protection Index 84 51.00 3.80
Species Habitat Index 150 24.70 -63.90
Ecosystem Services 107 22.70 -5.50
Tree cover loss 149 3.60 -9.10
Grassland loss 51 59.80 -40.20
Wetland loss 1 100.00 51.00
Fisheries 35 26.80 9.40
Fish Stock Status 37 40.10 26.10
Marine Trophic Index 90 10.80 NA
Fish caught by trawling 9 30.20 NA
Acidification 139 51.10 33.20
SO2 growth rate 104 66.50 51.70
NOx growth rate 158 35.60 14.60
Agriculture 134 24.20 4.40
Pesticide 113 20.90 NA
N Mgmt Index 131 27.50 8.80
Water Resources 106 3.10 NA
Wastewater treatment 106 3.10 NA
Health 117 30.00 0.70
Air Quality 109 31.30 -2.00
PM2.5 62 39.60 -4.90
Household solid fuels 126 19.50 2.20
Ozone 122 38.10 -10.00
NOx 79 31.70 -1.80
SO2 79 54.50 2.00
CO 97 52.60 -2.20
VOC 169 NA -2.50
Sanitation Drinking Water 121 31.80 6.40
Sanitation 122 33.20 7.10
Drinking water 121 30.90 6.00
Heavy Metals 175 20.20 0.90
Lead 175 20.20 0.90
Waste Management 101 28.40 1.80
Solid waste 97 35.30 NA
Recycling 146 10.30 0.40
Ocean Plastics 75 32.80 6.60
Climate Policy 112 35.00 9.10
Climate Change 112 35.00 9.10
CO2 growth rate 113 28.10 22.70
CH4 growth rate 121 32.30 23.90
F-gas growth rate NA NA NA
N2O growth rate 141 44.00 6.70
Black Carbon growth rate 157 39.50 -22.50
Proj. GHG Emissions 82 39.10 -1.40
CO2 from land cover 115 27.70 -19.80
GHG intensity trend 115 43.10 6.90
GHG per capita 48 71.00 -3.00

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

Environmental Protection Index
South Africa 37.2
Tajikistan 37.1
Turkmenistan 37
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.9
Vanuatu 36.9
Honduras 36.5
Gambia 36.4
Samoa 36.4
Marshall Islands 36.2
Uganda 35.8
GDP per capita
Nicaragua 37.7
Honduras 36.5
Kyrgyzstan 35.7
Cote d'Ivoire 32.8
Nigeria 28.3
Mauritania 28.1
Ghana 27.7
Pakistan 24.6
Bangladesh 23.1
Myanmar 19.4
Issue Performance
Guinea-Bissau 40.2
Nicaragua 37.7
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.9
Honduras 36.5
Uganda 35.8
Timor-Leste 35.1
Sierra Leone 32.7
Guinea 31.6
Indonesia 28.2
Guatemala 28
Government Effectiveness
Sao Tome and Principe 52.9
Belize 50
Bolivia 40.1
Niger 37.7
Honduras 36.5
Uganda 35.8
Kyrgyzstan 35.7
Egypt 35.5
Ethiopia 31.8
Pakistan 24.6
Regulatory Quality
Belize 50
Kiribati 49
Eswatini 44.9
Argentina 41.1
Guyana 38.5
Russia 37.5
Maldives 37.4
Honduras 36.5
Lesotho 32.3
Kenya 30.8
Voice and Accountability
Kuwait 42.4
Niger 37.7
Honduras 36.5
Uganda 35.8
Kyrgyzstan 35.7
Tanzania 34.2
Lebanon 32.2
Mozambique 31.7
Morocco 28.4
Nigeria 28.3
Rule of Law
Belarus 48.5
Djibouti 47.5
Honduras 36.5
Kyrgyzstan 35.7
Lebanon 32.2
Mozambique 31.7
Angola 30.5
Cambodia 30.1
Mali 28.5
Liberia 24.9
Control of Corruption
Gabon 49.7
Mexico 45.5
Paraguay 40.9
Russia 37.5
Honduras 36.5
Egypt 35.5
Kenya 30.8
Mauritania 28.1
Liberia 24.9
Pakistan 24.6
Political Stability / Absence of Violence
Armenia 48.3
Bahrain 42
Guinea-Bissau 40.2
Bolivia 40.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.4
Thailand 38.1
Tajikistan 37.1
Honduras 36.5
Angola 30.5
Indonesia 28.2
Latin America & Caribbean
Dominican Republic 42.2
Argentina 41.1
Paraguay 40.9
El Salvador 40.8
Bolivia 40.1
Peru 39.8
Guyana 38.5
Nicaragua 37.7
Uruguay 37.4
Honduras 36.5
Org. of Ibero-American States
Colombia 42.4
Dominican Republic 42.2
Argentina 41.1
Paraguay 40.9
El Salvador 40.8
Bolivia 40.1
Peru 39.8
Nicaragua 37.7
Uruguay 37.4
Honduras 36.5
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