Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Honduras instead of American Samoa, you would:

Economy

be 79.7% less likely to be unemployed

In American Samoa, 29.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2005. In Honduras, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

make 42.0% less money

American Samoa has a GDP per capita of $11,200 as of 2016, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

Life

have 26.8% more children

In American Samoa, there are approximately 15.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Honduras, there are 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 49.9% more likely to die during infancy

In American Samoa, approximately 10.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Honduras, on the other hand, 15.1 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 60.0% more likely to have access to electricity

In American Samoa, approximately 59% of people have electricity access (60% in urban areas, and 45% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 94% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 86% in rural areas) as of 2022.

be 19.1% more likely to have internet access

In American Samoa, approximately 40.3% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Honduras, about 48.0% do as of 2021.

Geography

see 7.1 times more coastline

American Samoa has a total of 116 km of coastline. In Honduras, that number is 823 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Honduras: At a glance

Honduras is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 111,890 sq km. Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a haven for anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Marxist Nicaraguan Government and an ally to Salvadoran Government forces fighting leftist guerrillas. The country was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed about 5,600 people and caused approximately $2 billion in damage. Since then, the economy has slowly rebounded.
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