Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 6.2 years longer

In Peru, the average life expectancy is 69 years (65 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.

Economy

pay a 16.7% lower top tax rate

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

make 57.0% less money

Peru has a GDP per capita of $15,100 as of 2023, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

be 25.7% more likely to be unemployed

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

be 74.5% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Peru, 27.5% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

Life

have 19.2% more children

In Peru, there are approximately 16.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Honduras, there are 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 39.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Peru, approximately 10.8 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 32.4% less likely to have internet access

In Peru, approximately 71.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Honduras, about 48.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 60.0% more on education

Peru spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 42.9% more on healthcare

Peru spends 6.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 9.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 65.9% less coastline

Peru has a total of 2,414 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, Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria.

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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