Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 10.2 times more likely to be obese

In Vietnam, 2.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

pay a 28.6% lower top tax rate

Vietnam has a top tax rate of 35.0% as of 2016. In Honduras, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

make 52.6% less money

Vietnam has a GDP per capita of $13,700 as of 2023, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

be 3.8 times more likely to be unemployed

In Vietnam, 1.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Honduras, that number is 6.1% as of 2023.

be 10.0 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Vietnam, 4.8% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

Life

be 41.9% less likely to die during childbirth

In Vietnam, approximately 124.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

have 33.6% more children

In Vietnam, there are approximately 14.9 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 35.1% less likely to have internet access

In Vietnam, approximately 74.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Honduras, about 48.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 56.1% more on education

Vietnam spends 4.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 91.5% more on healthcare

Vietnam spends 4.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 9.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 76.1% less coastline

Vietnam has a total of 3,444 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, General Department Of Taxation - Ministry Of Finance.

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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