Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

pay a 16.7% lower top tax rate

Nicaragua has a top tax rate of 30.0% as of 2016. In Honduras, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

make 11.0% less money

Nicaragua has a GDP per capita of $7,300 as of 2023, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

be 26.2% more likely to be unemployed

In Nicaragua, 4.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

be 92.8% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Nicaragua, 24.9% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

Life

be 21.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Nicaragua, approximately 19.1 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 21.3% more children

In Nicaragua, there are approximately 16.4 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 15.5% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Nicaragua, approximately 83% of people have improved drinking water access (98% in urban areas, and 63% 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 15.8% less likely to have internet access

In Nicaragua, approximately 57.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Honduras, about 48.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 39.1% more on education

Nicaragua spends 4.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: General Directorate of Revenues, The World Factbook, Dirección Ejecutiva de Ingresos.

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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