Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Honduras
Honduras: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 16.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Honduras, 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Honduras stood at 16.7%. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.8% on the previous year and up 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Honduras peaked at 16.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 1974.
That places Honduras 80th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 1.3% | — |
| 2001 | 6.9% | +424.3% |
| 2004 | 5.4% | -21.7% |
| 2005 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5.7% | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 5.4% | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 6.3% | +16.7% |
| 2009 | 6.9% | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 7.3% | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 9.9% | +35.8% |
| 2012 | 10.0% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 9.7% | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 12.9% | +33.0% |
| 2015 | 13.1% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 14.8% | +12.8% |
| 2017 | 9.8% | -33.5% |
| 2018 | 11.1% | +12.9% |
| 2019 | 12.8% | +15.1% |
| 2023 | 14.6% | +13.9% |
| 2024 | 16.7% | +14.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 6.0% | 5.4% | 6.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 11.1% | 7.3% | 14.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.7% | 14.6% | 16.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More education data for Honduras
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 78.97 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 79.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Honduras?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Honduras was 16.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 16.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 1974.
- How does Honduras rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Honduras ranks 80th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release