Honduras and Malta Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Honduras	Malta
Leader
President: Porfirio Lobo Sosa	President: George Abela Prime minister: Lawrence Gonzi
Population
8,296,693	409,836
Life Expectancy
70.710 years	79.850 years
Capital City
Tegucigalpa	Valletta
Largest city
Tegucigalpa (population: 850,848)	Birkirkara (population: 21,676)
Human Development Index
0.714	0.894
GDP per capita
$4,400 US	$25,800 US
Literacy Rate
80%	92.8%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6	5.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.4%	8.7%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
4.800%	6.400%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
democratic constitutional republic	republic
Independence date
15 September 1821 (from Spain)	21 September 1964 (from UK)
Religions
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%	Roman Catholic 98%
Languages
Spanish, Amerindian dialects	Maltese (official) 90.2%, English (official) 6%, multilingual 3%, other 0.8% (2005 census)
Exports
coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber	machinery and transport equipment, manufactures
External Debt
$4,564,000,000 $	$48,790,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)	euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6494 (2008 est.), 0.6795 (January 2008), Maltese liri per US dollar - 0.3106 (2007), 0.37 (2006), 0.34578 (2005), 0.34466 (2004), 0.37723 (2003)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.600%	0.700%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua	Southern Europe, islands in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily (Italy)
Area
112,090 km sq	316 km sq
Coastline
820 km	197 km
Climate
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains	Mediterranean; mild, rainy winters; hot, dry summers

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