Living in Honduras

Honduras pays modestly, but the cost of living is modest too, and the two track each other closely enough that a salary stretches a little further than the low pay alone would suggest, enough for a small margin rather than none. Tax takes little, which helps. The harder part is the way in, since there is no easy entry for someone without local roots, and English only carries in particular corners, so a serious move leans on Spanish and a tolerance for a slow search.

Honduras's diaspora is overwhelmingly bound for the United States: of its 1.4M emigrants, 934.7K live there, ahead of Spain and Mexico. The diaspora has grown 86% over the past decade — among the fastest rises anywhere. Immigration into Honduras is slight by comparison, at 39.6K foreign-born residents in a country of 10.8M.