Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Honduras
Honduras: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men was 0.1268 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Honduras, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Honduras stood at 0.1268. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Honduras peaked at 0.445 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.1268, in 2023.
That places Honduras 112th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Honduras, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.445 | — |
| 1951 | 0.4387 | -1.4% |
| 1952 | 0.4331 | -1.3% |
| 1953 | 0.4271 | -1.4% |
| 1954 | 0.421 | -1.4% |
| 1955 | 0.4139 | -1.7% |
| 1956 | 0.4069 | -1.7% |
| 1957 | 0.3992 | -1.9% |
| 1958 | 0.3913 | -2.0% |
| 1959 | 0.3832 | -2.1% |
| 1960 | 0.3745 | -2.3% |
| 1961 | 0.3679 | -1.8% |
| 1962 | 0.3579 | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 0.35 | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 0.3417 | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 0.3346 | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 0.3269 | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 0.3189 | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 0.3113 | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 0.3039 | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 0.297 | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 0.29 | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 0.2831 | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 0.2897 | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 0.3073 | +6.1% |
| 1975 | 0.2634 | -14.3% |
| 1976 | 0.2572 | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 0.2507 | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 0.2447 | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 0.2386 | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 0.2329 | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 0.2272 | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 0.2222 | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 0.2166 | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 0.2117 | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.2064 | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.2016 | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 0.1971 | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.1933 | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.1891 | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.1853 | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 0.1814 | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 0.1783 | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.1774 | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.1732 | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 0.1696 | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.1665 | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 0.1639 | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.2058 | +25.6% |
| 1999 | 0.1595 | -22.5% |
| 2000 | 0.1569 | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.1552 | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.1533 | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.1519 | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.1503 | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.149 | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.1475 | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.1462 | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.1453 | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.1439 | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1442 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.1419 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.14 | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 0.1382 | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.1367 | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.135 | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.1335 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.1325 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.1314 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.1308 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.1288 | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.1326 | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 0.1276 | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 0.1268 | -0.7% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 0.1268 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1713, 74% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 0.1268 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.1265, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Honduras changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +25.6% | 0.1639 | 0.2058 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.4159 | 0.3832 | 0.445 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.3388 | 0.3039 | 0.3745 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2722 | 0.2386 | 0.3073 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2098 | 0.1891 | 0.2329 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1761 | 0.1595 | 0.2058 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1499 | 0.1439 | 0.1569 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1364 | 0.1308 | 0.1442 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.129 | 0.1268 | 0.1326 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More poverty & inequality data for Honduras
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.5 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,887 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.2906 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 21.59 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 21.6% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Honduras?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Honduras was 0.1268 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 0.445 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1268 in 2023.
- How does Honduras rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?
- Honduras ranks 112th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.