Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.3 years longer

In Guatemala, the average life expectancy is 73 years (71 years for men, 75 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

be 19.1% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Guatemala, 59.3% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

make 48.8% less money

Guatemala has a GDP per capita of $12,700 as of 2023, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

be 2.2 times more likely to be unemployed

In Guatemala, 2.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

pay a 3.6 times higher top tax rate

Guatemala has a top tax rate of 7.0% as of 2016. In Honduras, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 25.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Guatemala, approximately 96.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

be 42.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Guatemala, approximately 26.2 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.

Expenditures

spend 2.1 times more on education

Guatemala spends 3.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 38.5% more on healthcare

Guatemala spends 6.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 9.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 2.1 times more coastline

Guatemala has a total of 400 km of coastline. In Honduras, that number is 823 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Dirección Ejecutiva de Ingresos, The World Factbook, Superintendence of the Tax Administration.

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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