Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Honduras instead of Guinea-Bissau, you would:

Health

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

In Guinea-Bissau, 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 11.5 years longer

In Guinea-Bissau, the average life expectancy is 64 years (61 years for men, 66 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 2.3 times more likely to be obese

In Guinea-Bissau, 9.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 2.7 times more money

Guinea-Bissau has a GDP per capita of $2,400 as of 2023, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

be 90.6% more likely to be unemployed

In Guinea-Bissau, 3.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

Life

be 90.1% less likely to die during childbirth

In Guinea-Bissau, approximately 725.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

be 67.3% more likely to be literate

In Guinea-Bissau, the literacy rate is 52.9% as of 2021. In Honduras, it is 88.5% as of 2019.

be 69.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Guinea-Bissau, approximately 49.0 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 45.4% fewer children

In Guinea-Bissau, there are approximately 36.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Honduras, there are 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 2.5 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Guinea-Bissau, approximately 37% of people have electricity access (60% in urban areas, and 16% 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 37.1% more likely to have internet access

In Guinea-Bissau, approximately 35.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Honduras, about 48.0% do as of 2021.

be 31.5% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Guinea-Bissau, approximately 73% of people have improved drinking water access (91% in urban areas, and 59% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 96% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 91% in rural areas) as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 2.4 times more on education

Guinea-Bissau spends 2.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 2.4 times more coastline

Guinea-Bissau has a total of 350 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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