Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 98.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Namibia, 11.6% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.

live 8.7 years longer

In Namibia, the average life expectancy is 66 years (64 years for men, 69 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 24.4% more likely to be obese

In Namibia, 17.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 68.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Namibia, 19.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

pay a 32.4% lower top tax rate

Namibia has a top tax rate of 37.0% as of 2016. In Honduras, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

make 43.5% less money

Namibia has a GDP per capita of $11,500 as of 2023, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

be 2.8 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Namibia, 17.4% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

Life

be 66.5% less likely to die during childbirth

In Namibia, approximately 215.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

be 48.7% less likely to die during infancy

In Namibia, approximately 29.4 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 18.1% fewer children

In Namibia, there are approximately 24.3 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 68.0% more likely to have access to electricity

In Namibia, approximately 56% of people have electricity access (75% in urban areas, and 33% 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.

Expenditures

spend 33.3% less on education

Namibia spends 9.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 47.6% less coastline

Namibia has a total of 1,572 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, Inland Revenue Department.

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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