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 65.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Iraq, 16.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2012. In Honduras, that number is 5.6% as of 2017.

make 45.2% less money

Iraq has a GDP per capita of $9,300 as of 2020, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $5,100 as of 2020.

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 48.3% as of 2018.

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 17.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Iraq, approximately 79.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Honduras, 65.0 women do as of 2017.

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 27.4% fewer children

In Iraq, there are approximately 24.7 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 19.0% less likely to have access to electricity

In Iraq, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2020. In Honduras, 81% of the population do as of 2019.

be 30.0% less likely to have internet access

In Iraq, approximately 60.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Honduras, about 42.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 62.2% more on healthcare

Iraq spends 4.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Honduras, that number is 7.3% of GDP as of 2019.

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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