Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 23.3% less likely to be obese

In Uruguay, 27.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

live 3.3 years less

In Uruguay, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 82 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

be 27.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Uruguay, 8.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

pay a 16.7% lower top tax rate

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

make 78.8% less money

Uruguay has a GDP per capita of $30,700 as of 2023, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

be 4.8 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Uruguay, 9.9% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

Life

have 57.9% more children

In Uruguay, there are approximately 12.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Honduras, there are 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 3.8 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Uruguay, approximately 19.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

be 10.4% less likely to be literate

In Uruguay, the literacy rate is 98.8% as of 2019. In Honduras, it is 88.5% as of 2019.

be 81.5% more likely to die during infancy

In Uruguay, approximately 8.3 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 46.7% less likely to have internet access

In Uruguay, approximately 90.0% 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

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

Geography

see 24.7% more coastline

Uruguay has a total of 660 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, Dirección General Impositiva.

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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