Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.5 years less

In Panama, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 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

be 14.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Panama, 8.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Honduras, that number is 7.0% as of 2022.

make 82.9% less money

Panama has a GDP per capita of $33,300 as of 2022, while in Honduras, the GDP per capita is $5,700 as of 2022.

be 2.2 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Panama, 21.5% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Honduras, however, that number is 48.0% as of 2019.

Life

have 14.4% more children

In Panama, there are approximately 17.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Honduras, there are 19.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 44.0% more likely to die during childbirth

In Panama, approximately 50.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Honduras, 72.0 women do as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 29.4% less likely to have internet access

In Panama, approximately 68.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Honduras, about 48.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 64.1% more on education

Panama spends 3.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Honduras spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 66.9% less coastline

Panama has a total of 2,490 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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