Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Honduras instead of Jamaica, you would:
Health
be 85.7% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Jamaica, 1.4% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Honduras, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2020.
be 13.4% less likely to be obese
In Jamaica, 24.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 27.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Jamaica, 7.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Honduras, that number is 5.6% as of 2017.
make 41.4% less money
Jamaica has a GDP per capita of $8,700 as of 2020, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $5,100 as of 2020.
be 2.8 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Jamaica, 17.1% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.3% as of 2018.
Life
be 18.8% less likely to die during childbirth
In Jamaica, approximately 80.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Honduras, 65.0 women do as of 2017.
have 12.6% more children
In Jamaica, there are approximately 15.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Honduras, there are 17.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 35.0% more likely to die during infancy
In Jamaica, approximately 11.2 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 18.2% less likely to have access to electricity
In Jamaica, approximately 99% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 97% 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 23.6% less likely to have internet access
In Jamaica, approximately 55.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Honduras, about 42.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 19.7% more on healthcare
Jamaica spends 6.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Honduras, that number is 7.3% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 19.5% less coastline
Jamaica has a total of 1,022 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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