Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 99.0% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Botswana, 19.9% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.

live 9.5 years longer

In Botswana, the average life expectancy is 66 years (64 years for men, 68 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 13.2% more likely to be obese

In Botswana, 18.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 74.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Botswana, 23.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

make 62.9% less money

Botswana has a GDP per capita of $17,500 as of 2023, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

be 3.0 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Botswana, 16.1% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

Life

be 61.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Botswana, approximately 186.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

be 40.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Botswana, approximately 25.2 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 24.4% more likely to have access to electricity

In Botswana, approximately 76% of people have electricity access (93% in urban areas, and 25% in rural areas) as of 2022. In Honduras, that number is 94% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 86% in rural areas) as of 2022.

be 35.1% less likely to have internet access

In Botswana, approximately 74.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Honduras, about 48.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 26.4% less on education

Botswana spends 8.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 45.2% more on healthcare

Botswana spends 6.2% 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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