Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.9 years longer

In Bhutan, the average life expectancy is 72 years (71 years for men, 73 years for women) as of 2022. In Honduras, that number is 75 years (72 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.

be 3.3 times more likely to be obese

In Bhutan, 6.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 53.6% less money

Bhutan has a GDP per capita of $14,000 as of 2022, 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 Bhutan, 12.4% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

Life

be 24.8% more likely to be literate

In Bhutan, the literacy rate is 70.9% as of 2021. In Honduras, it is 88.5% as of 2019.

be 44.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Bhutan, approximately 27.0 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.

have 30.1% more children

In Bhutan, there are approximately 15.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Honduras, there are 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 20.0% more likely to die during childbirth

In Bhutan, approximately 60.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 44.2% less likely to have internet access

In Bhutan, approximately 86.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Honduras, about 48.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 2.0 times more on healthcare

Bhutan spends 4.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 9.0% of GDP as of 2020.

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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