Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 93.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Gabon, 3.0% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.

live 5.5 years longer

In Gabon, the average life expectancy is 70 years (68 years for men, 71 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 42.7% more likely to be obese

In Gabon, 15.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 70.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Gabon, 20.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

pay a 28.6% lower top tax rate

Gabon has a top tax rate of 35.0% as of 2016. In Honduras, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

make 67.2% less money

Gabon has a GDP per capita of $19,800 as of 2023, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

be 43.7% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Gabon, 33.4% live below the poverty line as of 2017. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

Life

be 68.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Gabon, approximately 227.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

be 47.2% less likely to die during infancy

In Gabon, approximately 28.6 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 22.6% fewer children

In Gabon, there are approximately 25.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Honduras, there are 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 33.3% less likely to have internet access

In Gabon, approximately 72.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Honduras, about 48.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 100.0% more on education

Gabon spends 3.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 2.6 times more on healthcare

Gabon spends 3.4% 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: Dirección Ejecutiva de Ingresos, The World Factbook, General Direction of Taxes.

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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