Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Honduras instead of Ghana, you would:
Health
be 88.2% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Ghana, 1.7% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.
live 5.8 years longer
In Ghana, the average life expectancy is 69 years (68 years for men, 71 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 96.3% more likely to be obese
In Ghana, 10.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 52.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Ghana, 11.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Honduras, that number is 5.6% as of 2017.
be 2.1 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Ghana, 23.4% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.3% as of 2018.
Life
be 78.9% less likely to die during childbirth
In Ghana, approximately 308.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Honduras, 65.0 women do as of 2017.
be 12.0% more likely to be literate
In Ghana, the literacy rate is 79.0% as of 2018. In Honduras, it is 88.5% as of 2019.
be 53.7% less likely to die during infancy
In Ghana, approximately 32.6 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 37.2% fewer children
In Ghana, there are approximately 28.6 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 27.6% less likely to have internet access
In Ghana, approximately 58.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Honduras, about 42.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 22.5% more on education
Ghana spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Honduras spends 4.9% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 2.1 times more on healthcare
Ghana spends 3.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Honduras, that number is 7.3% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 52.7% more coastline
Ghana has a total of 539 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
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