Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.3 years less

In Honduras, the average life expectancy is 75 years (72 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022. In Guatemala, that number is 73 years (71 years for men, 75 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 95.4% more money

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

be 55.3% less likely to be unemployed

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

pay a 72.0% lower top tax rate

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

be 23.5% more likely to live below the poverty line

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

Life

be 33.3% more likely to die during childbirth

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

be 73.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Honduras, approximately 15.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Guatemala, on the other hand, 26.2 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 51.6% less on education

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

spend 27.8% less on healthcare

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

Geography

see 51.4% less coastline

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

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

Guatemala: At a glance

Guatemala is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 107,159 sq km. The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experienced a variety of military and civilian governments, as well as a 36-year guerrilla war. In 1996, the government signed a peace agreement formally ending the internal conflict, which had left more than 200,000 people dead and had created, by some estimates, about 1 million refugees.
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