Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female in Honduras
Honduras: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female was 8.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Honduras, 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Honduras is 8.3%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.1% on the previous year and down 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Honduras peaked at 11.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1974.
That places Honduras 105th out of 128 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 … short-cycle tertiary female in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0.4% | — |
| 2005 | 2.8% | +676.3% |
| 2006 | 3.2% | +14.6% |
| 2007 | 7.0% | +119.6% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | -47.3% |
| 2009 | 3.7% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 4.2% | +13.7% |
| 2011 | 7.8% | +84.5% |
| 2012 | 7.1% | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 4.8% | -32.1% |
| 2014 | 9.7% | +101.0% |
| 2015 | 9.7% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 10.6% | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 5.8% | -45.8% |
| 2018 | 10.1% | +74.6% |
| 2019 | 11.4% | +13.6% |
| 2021 | 3.9% | -66.0% |
| 2022 | 3.9% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 7.7% | +96.1% |
| 2024 | 8.3% | +7.1% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 8.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9.2%, 90% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 8.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.4%, 43% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +676.3% | 0.4% | 2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 4.1% | 2.8% | 7.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 4.2% | 11.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.9% | 3.9% | 8.3% | 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 short-cycle tertiary education in Honduras?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Honduras was 8.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 11.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1974.
- How does Honduras rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Honduras ranks 105th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.6%. 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 short-cycle tertiary 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