Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 34.2% less likely to be obese

In Libya, 32.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

live 2.0 years less

In Libya, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 80 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 67.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Libya, 18.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

make 63.3% less money

Libya has a GDP per capita of $17,700 as of 2023, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

pay a 2.5 times higher top tax rate

Libya has a top tax rate of 10.0% as of 2016. In Honduras, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 34.4% more likely to die during infancy

In Libya, 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 34.9% more likely to have access to electricity

In Libya, approximately 70% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 96% 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.

Geography

see 53.5% less coastline

Libya has a total of 1,770 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, Ministry of Finance.

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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