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

Health

be 93.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Cameroon, 3.0% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.

live 11.9 years longer

In Cameroon, the average life expectancy is 63 years (61 years for men, 65 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 87.7% more likely to be obese

In Cameroon, 11.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 41.7% more money

Cameroon has a GDP per capita of $3,600 as of 2020, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $5,100 as of 2020.

pay a 28.6% lower top tax rate

Cameroon has a top tax rate of 35.0% as of 2016. In Honduras, the top tax rate is 25.0% as of 2016.

be 30.2% more likely to be unemployed

In Cameroon, 4.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2014. In Honduras, that number is 5.6% as of 2017.

be 28.8% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Cameroon, 37.5% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.3% as of 2018.

Life

be 87.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Cameroon, approximately 529.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Honduras, 65.0 women do as of 2017.

be 14.8% more likely to be literate

In Cameroon, the literacy rate is 77.1% as of 2018. In Honduras, it is 88.5% as of 2019.

be 69.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Cameroon, approximately 48.7 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 49.6% fewer children

In Cameroon, there are approximately 35.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Honduras, there are 17.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 15.7% more likely to have access to electricity

In Cameroon, approximately 70% of people have electricity access (98% in urban areas, and 32% 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 10.5% more likely to have internet access

In Cameroon, approximately 38.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Honduras, about 42.0% do as of 2020.

be 22.3% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Cameroon, approximately 79% of people have improved drinking water access (95% in urban areas, and 56% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 96% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 91% in rural areas) as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 58.1% more on education

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

spend 2.0 times more on healthcare

Cameroon spends 3.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Honduras, that number is 7.3% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 2.0 times more coastline

Cameroon has a total of 402 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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