Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Honduras
Honduras: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 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 104th out of 135 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.
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 |
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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 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 104th out of 135 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