Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.0 years longer

In Iraq, the average life expectancy is 73 years (71 years for men, 75 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 29.6% less likely to be obese

In Iraq, 30.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 54.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Iraq, 15.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Honduras, that number is 7.0% as of 2022.

make 38.0% less money

Iraq has a GDP per capita of $9,200 as of 2022, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $5,700 as of 2022.

be 2.1 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Iraq, 23.0% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

pay a 66.7% higher top tax rate

Iraq has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Honduras, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 76.6% more likely to be literate

In Iraq, the literacy rate is 50.1% as of 2018. In Honduras, it is 88.5% as of 2019.

be 23.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Iraq, approximately 19.6 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 16.0% fewer children

In Iraq, there are approximately 23.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Honduras, there are 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Expenditures

spend 36.2% more on education

Iraq spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 76.5% more on healthcare

Iraq spends 5.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 9.0% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 14.2 times more coastline

Iraq has a total of 58 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, 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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