Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Honduras instead of Belgium, you would:

Health

live 6.7 years less

In Belgium, the average life expectancy is 82 years (79 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Honduras, that number is 75 years (72 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

pay a 53.4% lower top tax rate

Belgium has a top tax rate of 53.7% as of 2016. In Honduras, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

make 89.8% less money

Belgium has a GDP per capita of $63,600 as of 2023, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

be 3.9 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Belgium, 12.3% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

Life

have 84.3% more children

In Belgium, there are approximately 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Honduras, there are 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 14.4 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Belgium, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

be 4.7 times more likely to die during infancy

In Belgium, approximately 3.2 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 47.3% less likely to have internet access

In Belgium, approximately 91.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Honduras, about 48.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 18.9% less on healthcare

Belgium spends 11.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 9.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 12.4 times more coastline

Belgium has a total of 66 km of coastline. In Honduras, that number is 823 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Service Public Fédéral Finances, The World Factbook, Dirección Ejecutiva de Ingresos.

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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