Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Honduras instead of Saudi Arabia, you would:

Health

be 39.5% less likely to be obese

In Saudi Arabia, 35.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Honduras, that number is 21.4% of people as of 2016.

live 1.5 years less

In Saudi Arabia, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 78 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 88.5% less money

Saudi Arabia has a GDP per capita of $44,300 as of 2020, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $5,100 as of 2020.

Life

have 26.0% more children

In Saudi Arabia, there are approximately 14.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Honduras, there are 17.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 3.8 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 17.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Honduras, 65.0 women do as of 2017.

be 22.9% more likely to die during infancy

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 12.3 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 Saudi Arabia, approximately 100% of people have electricity access (100% in urban areas, and 98% 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 57.1% less likely to have internet access

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 98.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Honduras, about 42.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 28.1% more on healthcare

Saudi Arabia spends 5.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Honduras, that number is 7.3% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 68.8% less coastline

Saudi Arabia has a total of 2,640 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

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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