Honduras and Rwanda Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Honduras
Leader
President: Porfirio Lobo Sosa	President: Paul Kagame
Population
8,296,693	11,689,696
Life Expectancy
70.710 years	58.440 years
Capital City
Tegucigalpa
Largest city
Tegucigalpa (population: 850,848)	Kigali (population: 745,261)
Human Development Index
0.714	0.435
GDP per capita
$4,400 US
Literacy Rate
80%	70.4%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6	3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.4%	50.9%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
4.800%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
democratic constitutional republic	republic; presidential, multiparty system
Independence date
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%	Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)
Languages
Spanish, Amerindian dialects	Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers
Exports
coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber
External Debt
$4,564,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.600%
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	Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Area
112,090 km sq	26,338 km sq
Coastline
820 km	0 km
Climate
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains	temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible

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Honduras vs Rwanda