Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 10.0 years longer

In Mauritania, the average life expectancy is 65 years (63 years for men, 68 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 68.5% more likely to be obese

In Mauritania, 12.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 42.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Mauritania, 10.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

pay a 37.5% lower top tax rate

Mauritania has a top tax rate of 40.0% as of 2016. In Honduras, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

be 50.9% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Mauritania, 31.8% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

Life

be 84.5% less likely to die during childbirth

In Mauritania, approximately 465.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

be 32.1% more likely to be literate

In Mauritania, the literacy rate is 67.0% as of 2021. In Honduras, it is 88.5% as of 2019.

be 70.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Mauritania, approximately 51.0 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 26.8% fewer children

In Mauritania, there are approximately 27.2 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 92.7% more likely to have access to electricity

In Mauritania, approximately 49% of people have electricity access (90% in urban areas, and 1% 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 12.8% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Mauritania, approximately 85% of people have improved drinking water access (99% in urban areas, and 68% 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.

be 18.6% less likely to have internet access

In Mauritania, approximately 59.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Honduras, about 48.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 3.4 times more on education

Mauritania spends 1.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 2.6 times more on healthcare

Mauritania spends 3.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 9.0% of GDP as of 2020.

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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