Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Honduras instead of Western Sahara, you would:

Health

live 10.7 years longer

In Western Sahara, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 75 years (72 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 2.6 times more money

Western Sahara has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2007, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $6,500 as of 2023.

Life

be 68.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Western Sahara, approximately 47.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Honduras, on the other hand, 15.1 children do as of 2022.

have 28.9% fewer children

In Western Sahara, there are approximately 28.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Honduras, there are 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 25.9% less coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 km of coastline. In Honduras, that number is 823 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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