Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 3.2 years less

In Paraguay, the average life expectancy is 78 years (76 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

make 58.5% less money

Paraguay has a GDP per capita of $12,300 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 Paraguay, 23.5% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.3% as of 2018.

Life

be 22.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Paraguay, approximately 84.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Honduras, 65.0 women do as of 2017.

be 35.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Paraguay, approximately 23.2 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 19.0% less likely to have access to electricity

In Paraguay, approximately 100% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 96% 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 34.4% less likely to have internet access

In Paraguay, approximately 64.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Honduras, about 42.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 40.0% more on education

Paraguay spends 3.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Honduras spends 4.9% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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