Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.8 years longer

In Nepal, the average life expectancy is 72 years (72 years for men, 73 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 5.2 times more likely to be obese

In Nepal, 4.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 38.3% more money

Nepal has a GDP per capita of $4,700 as of 2023, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

be 43.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Nepal, 10.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

be 90.5% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Nepal, 25.2% live below the poverty line as of 2011. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

Life

be 58.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Nepal, approximately 174.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

be 24.3% more likely to be literate

In Nepal, the literacy rate is 71.2% as of 2021. In Honduras, it is 88.5% as of 2019.

be 40.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Nepal, approximately 25.1 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 13.5% more children

In Nepal, there are approximately 17.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Honduras, there are 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 52.4% more on education

Nepal spends 4.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 73.1% more on healthcare

Nepal spends 5.2% 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: 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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