Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 1.9 years longer

In Venezuela, the average life expectancy is 73 years (70 years for men, 77 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 16.4% less likely to be obese

In Venezuela, 25.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

pay a 26.5% lower top tax rate

Venezuela has a top tax rate of 34.0% as of 2016. In Honduras, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

make 15.6% less money

Venezuela has a GDP per capita of $7,704 as of 2018, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

be 45.0% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Venezuela, 33.1% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

Life

be 72.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Venezuela, approximately 259.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

be 14.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Venezuela, approximately 17.7 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 19.2% more children

In Venezuela, 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.

Basic Needs

be 39.0% less likely to have internet access

In Venezuela, approximately 78.7% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Honduras, about 48.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 4.9 times more on education

Venezuela spends 1.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 2.4 times more on healthcare

Venezuela spends 3.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 9.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 70.6% less coastline

Venezuela has a total of 2,800 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, Ministerio del Poder Popular de Finanzas, SENIAT.

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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