Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Honduras
Honduras: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 7.9% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Honduras, 1974β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 7.9% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2024.
That represents a change of up 8.5% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Honduras peaked at 10.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 1974.
That places Honduras 110th out of 129 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 4.5% | 3.5% | 7.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 4.6% | 10.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.7% | 3.8% | 7.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 107 Pakistan 8.6% compare
- 108 El Salvador 8.5% compare
- 109 Bangladesh 8.1% compare
- 111 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 7.1% compare
- 112 Rwanda 6.5% compare
- 113 Togo 6.4% compare
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)
- School enrollment, primary 79.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0046 units per person (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 7.9% 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 10.8% in 2016.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 1974.
- How does Honduras rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Honduras ranks 110th out of 129 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 19.2%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release