Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.3 years less

In Guam, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 80 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

make 85.7% less money

Guam has a GDP per capita of $35,600 as of 2016, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $5,100 as of 2020.

be 24.4% more likely to be unemployed

In Guam, 4.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Honduras, that number is 5.6% as of 2017.

be 2.1 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Guam, 23.0% live below the poverty line as of 2001. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.3% as of 2018.

Life

be 31.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Guam, approximately 11.5 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 19.0% less likely to have access to electricity

In Guam, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2020. In Honduras, 81% of the population do as of 2019.

be 48.1% less likely to have internet access

In Guam, approximately 81.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Honduras, about 42.0% do as of 2020.

Geography

see 6.6 times more coastline

Guam has a total of 126 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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