Honduras Poverty Facts
- Nearly 65 percent of its population lives in poverty, with 48.3 percent living below the poverty line.
- Poverty rates are higher among rural and indigenous people as well as in the south, west and along the eastern border than in the north and central areas where most of Honduras’s industries and infrastructure are concentrated.
- The COVID-19 pandemic and the unprecedented impact of two successive hurricanes significantly impacted Honduras’s economy in 2020, and its impacts continue. Expectations are for the country’s gross domestic product to contract by 9 percent and the poverty line to rise to 55.4 percent
- Life expectancy is 70.7 years for men and 73.2 years for women. according to the latest WHO data published in 2020
- The GDP per capita is $2,831
Help for Honduras
Food For The Poor (FFTP) began serving in Honduras in 1999, after the Central American country was slammed by Hurricane Mitch in 1998. The charity works with its partner CEPUDO, which is based in San Pedro Sula, and the Order of Malta. There are 99 projects under way, including water treatment and water purification, education, animal husbandry, sustainable community developments, agriculture, micro-enterprise, medical, sanitation, housing, and support for orphaned and abandoned children. FFTP also serves Honduras through donations of goods.
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