Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Honduras
Honduras: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total was 4.49 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Honduras, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Honduras stood at 4.49. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Honduras peaked at 4.49 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.68, in 1960.
Honduras ranks 91st of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Honduras, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.68 | — |
| 1965 | 1.81 | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 2 | +10.5% |
| 1975 | 2.24 | +12.0% |
| 1980 | 2.9 | +29.5% |
| 1985 | 3.46 | +19.3% |
| 1990 | 3.75 | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 4 | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 4.25 | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 4.43 | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 4.49 | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.75 | 1.68 | 1.81 | 2 |
| 1970s | 2.12 | 2 | 2.24 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.18 | 2.9 | 3.46 | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.88 | 3.75 | 4 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.34 | 4.25 | 4.43 | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.49 | 4.49 | 4.49 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More education data for Honduras
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 49,996 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 30.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Honduras?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Honduras was 4.49 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 4.49 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.68 in 1960.
- How does Honduras rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Honduras ranks 91st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15+, total is the average years of primary education completed among people over age 15.