Rwanda and Honduras Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

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

Unemployment Rate
	4.800%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
republic; presidential, multiparty system	democratic constitutional republic
Independence date
	15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)	Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%
Languages
Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers	Spanish, Amerindian dialects
Exports
	coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber
External Debt
	$4,564,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	0.600%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo	Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua
Area
26,338 km sq	112,090 km sq
Coastline
0 km	820 km
Climate
temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible	subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains

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Rwanda vs Honduras