Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 84.6% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Guyana, 1.3% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.

live 3.3 years longer

In Guyana, the average life expectancy is 72 years (70 years for men, 74 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 51.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Guyana, 12.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

make 86.9% less money

Guyana has a GDP per capita of $49,800 as of 2023, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

be 37.1% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Guyana, 35.0% live below the poverty line as of 2006. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

Life

be 35.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Guyana, approximately 112.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

be 31.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Guyana, approximately 22.1 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.

have 19.2% more children

In Guyana, there are approximately 16.7 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 43.5% less likely to have internet access

In Guyana, approximately 85.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Honduras, about 48.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 42.2% more on education

Guyana spends 4.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 63.6% more on healthcare

Guyana spends 5.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 9.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 79.3% more coastline

Guyana has a total of 459 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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