Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 13.0% less likely to be obese

In Cuba, 24.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

live 4.5 years less

In Cuba, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 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

make 47.2% less money

Cuba has a GDP per capita of $12,300 as of 2016, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

be 5.2 times more likely to be unemployed

In Cuba, 1.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

Life

have 2.0 times more children

In Cuba, there are approximately 9.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Honduras, there are 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 84.6% more likely to die during childbirth

In Cuba, approximately 39.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

be 11.2% less likely to be literate

In Cuba, the literacy rate is 99.7% as of 2021. In Honduras, it is 88.5% as of 2019.

be 3.7 times more likely to die during infancy

In Cuba, approximately 4.1 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 32.4% less likely to have internet access

In Cuba, approximately 71.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Honduras, about 48.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 50.0% less on education

Cuba spends 12.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2010. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 28.0% less on healthcare

Cuba spends 12.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 9.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 78.0% less coastline

Cuba has a total of 3,735 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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