Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary female in Honduras
Honduras: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary female was 66.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Honduras, 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 66.7% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Honduras peaked at 66.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.6%, in 1974.
That places Honduras 105th out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary female in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 11.6% | — |
| 2001 | 45.7% | +294.6% |
| 2004 | 46.0% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 46.4% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 48.2% | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 46.1% | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 51.0% | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 51.4% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 51.7% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 53.6% | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 53.3% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 55.3% | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 58.8% | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 60.5% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 61.8% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 59.7% | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 60.2% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 62.2% | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 61.9% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 64.5% | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 63.3% | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 66.7% | +5.4% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 66.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 62.0%, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 66.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 86.9%, 77% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary female in Honduras changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +294.6% | 11.6% | 45.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.6% | 11.6% | 11.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 47.8% | 45.7% | 51.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 57.7% | 51.7% | 62.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.1% | 61.9% | 66.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More education data for Honduras
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 74.44 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 73.38 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 31,374 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 39,572 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 107,321 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 106,198 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 552,199 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.03 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -3.88 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Honduras?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Honduras was 66.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 66.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.6% in 1974.
- How does Honduras rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Honduras ranks 105th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release