Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.5 years less

In Panama, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 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 79.9% less money

Panama has a GDP per capita of $25,400 as of 2020, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $5,100 as of 2020.

be 2.2 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Panama, 22.1% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.3% as of 2018.

Life

be 25.0% more likely to die during childbirth

In Panama, approximately 52.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Honduras, 65.0 women do as of 2017.

Basic Needs

be 12.0% less likely to have access to electricity

In Panama, approximately 92% of people have electricity access (99% in urban areas, and 77% in rural areas) as of 2019. In Honduras, that number is 81% of people on average (91% in urban areas, and 68% in rural areas) as of 2019.

be 34.4% less likely to have internet access

In Panama, approximately 64.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Honduras, about 42.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 58.1% more on education

Panama spends 3.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Honduras spends 4.9% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

Geography

see 66.9% less coastline

Panama has a total of 2,490 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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