Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 0.9 years longer

In Syria, the average life expectancy is 74 years (73 years for men, 76 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 23.0% less likely to be obese

In Syria, 27.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 2.2 times more money

Syria has a GDP per capita of $2,900 as of 2021, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

be 55.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Syria, 13.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

be 41.8% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Syria, 82.5% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

pay a 13.6% higher top tax rate

Syria has a top tax rate of 22.0% as of 2016. In Honduras, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 2.4 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Syria, approximately 30.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 25.5% more on education

Syria spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2009. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 4.3 times more coastline

Syria has a total of 193 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, Ministry of Finance, Syria.

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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