Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Honduras
Honduras: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 76.1% 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 76.1% 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 3.0% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Honduras peaked at 76.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29.4%, in 1974.
That places Honduras 87th out of 106 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 education or higher in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 29.4% | — |
| 2001 | 63.2% | +114.8% |
| 2004 | 63.3% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 63.6% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 66.6% | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 64.0% | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 69.0% | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 68.8% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 68.9% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 71.0% | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 69.5% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 70.8% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 72.1% | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 73.2% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 73.2% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 72.9% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 73.4% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 75.1% | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 75.0% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 75.6% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 73.9% | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 76.1% | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 29.4% | 29.4% | 29.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 65.5% | 63.2% | 69.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 72.0% | 68.9% | 75.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.2% | 73.9% | 76.1% | 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 76.1% 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 76.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.4% in 1974.
- How does Honduras rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Honduras ranks 87th out of 106 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 5.6%. 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, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release