Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Honduras instead of Puerto Rico, you would:

Health

live 6.5 years less

In Puerto Rico, the average life expectancy is 82 years (78 years for men, 85 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 24.2% lower top tax rate

Puerto Rico has a top tax rate of 33.0% as of 2016. In Honduras, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

make 83.4% less money

Puerto Rico has a GDP per capita of $34,300 as of 2022, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $5,700 as of 2022.

be 16.7% more likely to be unemployed

In Puerto Rico, 6.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Honduras, that number is 7.0% as of 2022.

Life

have 2.6 times more children

In Puerto Rico, there are approximately 7.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Honduras, there are 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.1 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Puerto Rico, approximately 34.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

be 2.5 times more likely to die during infancy

In Puerto Rico, approximately 6.0 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.

Basic Needs

be 38.2% less likely to have internet access

In Puerto Rico, approximately 77.7% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Honduras, about 48.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 77.8% more on education

Puerto Rico spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 64.3% more coastline

Puerto Rico has a total of 501 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, Puerto Rican Department of Treasury.

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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