5 Unhealthiest Countries in Latin America

4. Honduras   

Insider Monkey Score: 5

Honduras is a low-middle-income country with over 60% of its population living in poverty.  The country experiences a double burden of malnutrition, with 23% of children under five experiencing stunting due to chronic malnutrition, while 51% of women of reproductive age are overweight or obese, according to USAID data. There are only 3.9 physicians per 10,000 individuals in the country, far below the World Health Organization’s recommended 25 per 10,000. As of May 31, 2024, Honduras’s health expenditure was 9.2% of GDP, up from 9.1% in 2021, the highest since 2010, which marks a two-percentage-point increase since 2017 when it was nearly 7%.