1. Diverging pathsHonduras and Malawi

   Honduras and Malawi: similar GDP per person in 1990, 4.1 times apart in 2025

   HondurasMalawi

   Output per person a year, in 2021 dollars adjusted for price differences: $1,200 in Honduras and $1,000 in Malawi in 1990; $6,700 and $1,600 in 2025. Honduras grew 5.7-fold; Malawi rose 55%.

   Source: World Bank (WDI, ITU and UNESCO data); UN WPP 2024Open on the chart →

More findings

• Honduras: 1.4M natives live abroad, 35 times as many as the foreign-born living there
• Malawi: 428k natives live abroad, 2.3 times as many as the foreign-born living there
• Honduras: the share of adults with obesity has overtaken the share going hungry
• Goals to lower fertility in Africa and South Asia: 2 of 9 came true on time. Pakistan expected 2.6 by 2020 and had 3.77
• Malawi: the economy “grew” 38% in six months, retroactively
• Where remittances matter most

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