Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 85.7% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Jamaica, 1.4% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.

be 13.4% less likely to be obese

In Jamaica, 24.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 36.9% less money

Jamaica has a GDP per capita of $10,300 as of 2023, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

be 37.1% more likely to be unemployed

In Jamaica, 4.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

be 2.8 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Jamaica, 17.1% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

Life

be 27.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Jamaica, approximately 99.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

have 27.6% more children

In Jamaica, there are approximately 15.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Honduras, there are 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 35.0% more likely to die during infancy

In Jamaica, approximately 11.2 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.

Basic Needs

be 41.5% less likely to have internet access

In Jamaica, approximately 82.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Honduras, about 48.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 36.4% more on healthcare

Jamaica spends 6.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 9.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 19.5% less coastline

Jamaica has a total of 1,022 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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