Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.8 years less

In Aruba, 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

be 27.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Aruba, 7.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 5.6% as of 2017.

pay a 57.6% lower top tax rate

Aruba has a top tax rate of 59.0% as of 2016. In Honduras, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

make 86.7% less money

Aruba has a GDP per capita of $38,442 as of 2017, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $5,100 as of 2020.

Life

have 51.6% more children

In Aruba, there are approximately 11.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Honduras, there are 17.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 24.7% more likely to die during infancy

In Aruba, approximately 12.1 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 Aruba, approximately 100% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 92% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 81% of people on average (91% in urban areas, and 68% in rural areas) as of 2019.

be 56.7% less likely to have internet access

In Aruba, approximately 97.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Honduras, about 42.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 10.9% less on education

Aruba spends 5.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Honduras spends 4.9% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

Geography

see 12.0 times more coastline

Aruba has a total of 68 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, Ministerio di Finansas, Comunicacion, Utilidad y Energia.

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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