Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Honduras instead of Virgin Islands, you would:

Health

live 7.7 years less

In Virgin Islands, the average life expectancy is 81 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024. In Honduras, that number is 73 years (70 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 57.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Virgin Islands, 11.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Honduras, that number is 4.9% as of 2025.

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make 91.9% less money

Virgin Islands has a GDP per capita of $44,321 as of 2022, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $3,598 as of 2025.

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Life

have 95.0% more children

In Virgin Islands, there are approximately 11.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Honduras, there are 21.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 67.3% more likely to die during infancy

In Virgin Islands, approximately 7.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Honduras, on the other hand, 12.8 children do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 4.4 times more coastline

Virgin Islands has a total of 188 km of coastline. In Honduras, that number is 823 km.

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Infrastructure

find 54.5% less home broadband

Virgin Islands has 10.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Honduras has 4.6 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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Honduras is 59.2% cheaper than Virgin Islands overall
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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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