Cost of Living inEl Progreso, Honduras
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Honduras: $6,586/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 63% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Using the country-level NYC comparison for now. We do not have a defensible city-level aggregate cost index for this city yet.
Income Category
Happiness
6.0 / 10
#60 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Child Education
Public-schooling rules and international-school pricing are not sourced for Honduras yet. Quality, expat-access, instruction language, and tuition will appear here once verified.
Childcare & Domestic Help
Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for El Progreso. We publish this section only when we can tie it to local job-board, agency, or country fallback evidence.
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.El Progreso is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Honduras.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
LimitedCoverage looks thinner, doctor staffing is lighter, and hospital capacity looks tighter weigh on this rating.
Public care
LimitedPublic coverage looks thinner, public funding looks lighter, and patients still shoulder a meaningful share of costs weigh on this rating.
Private care
LimitedThe tracked private-style network still looks thin and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
64/100
2023
Physicians
0.49/1k
2020
Hospital beds
0.53/1k
2023
Out of pocket
53%
2023
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
73.0 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
47/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
8.4/1k
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedPrice transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce and few facilities expose web pages we can verify weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Honduras yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Public Administration & Defence | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2025 annual wages in El Progreso, Honduras · Source: ILO ILOSTAT (national)
Price Comparison vs. US
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Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in El Progreso compared with the US?
Your money goes about 2.3x further in El Progreso than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate. We are using the country-level cost index for Honduras here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
Is El Progreso cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
El Progreso is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 63% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for El Progreso. We are using the country-level cost index for Honduras here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How does rent in El Progreso compare with New York City?
Rent in El Progreso is about 88% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City). We are using the country-level cost index for Honduras here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in El Progreso?
Groceries in El Progreso are about 60% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 66% cheaper than the same benchmark. We are using the country-level cost index for Honduras here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.
About El Progreso
El Progreso is a city in Yoro Department in northern Honduras, on the Ulúa River about 30 kilometres east of San Pedro Sula in the fertile Sula Valley. It is the second-largest city in the department and a significant industrial centre, with an economy built on banana and African oil palm cultivation in the surrounding lowlands, sugar cane, food processing, and a growing maquila garment-assembly sector tied to the wider San Pedro Sula industrial cluster. The Tegucigalpa-Puerto Cortés highway and rail line pass through, putting San Pedro Sula and its international airport within about forty minutes. Spanish is the working language. The climate is tropical, hot and humid year-round with a wet season from May through November and exposure to Atlantic hurricane risk. Cost of living is well below the Honduran metropolitan averages.
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