Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Honduras
Honduras: Share of children who are not in pre-primary school was 40.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Honduras, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Honduras stood at 40.9%.
That represents a change of up 6.4% on the previous year and up 72.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Honduras peaked at 53.4% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 18.2%, in 2000.
Honduras ranks 37th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.6% | 18.2% | 53.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 29.3% | 23.8% | 34.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 36.7% | 30.9% | 40.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More education data for Honduras
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 30.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 79.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 49,996 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.48 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 79.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Honduras?
- Share of children who are not in pre-primary school in Honduras was 40.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 53.4% in 2003.
- What is the lowest share of children who are not in pre-primary school recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.2% in 2000.
- How does Honduras rank for share of children who are not in pre-primary school?
- Honduras ranks 37th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children who are not in pre-primary school rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 72.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are not in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children one year before the official primary entry age (typically age 5) not enrolled in pre-primary education, expressed as a percentage of all children in that age group.