Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Honduras
Honduras: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling was 2.48 live births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Honduras, 1950–2024
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Honduras stood at 2.48 live births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 75 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Honduras peaked at 7.51 live births per woman in 1955 and was at its lowest, 2.48 live births per woman, in 2024.
That places Honduras 83rd out of 236 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.49 live births per woman | 7.47 live births per woman | 7.51 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.4 live births per woman | 7.23 live births per woman | 7.46 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.88 live births per woman | 6.53 live births per woman | 7.17 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.88 live births per woman | 5.35 live births per woman | 6.42 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.85 live births per woman | 4.37 live births per woman | 5.27 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.68 live births per woman | 3.17 live births per woman | 4.29 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.8 live births per woman | 2.61 live births per woman | 3.08 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.52 live births per woman | 2.48 live births per woman | 2.58 live births per woman | 5 |
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More education data for Honduras
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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 49,996 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 79.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 78.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Honduras?
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling in Honduras was 2.48 live births per woman in 2024, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 7.51 live births per woman in 1955.
- What is the lowest fertility rate vs. average years of schooling recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.48 live births per woman in 2024.
- How does Honduras rank for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Honduras ranks 83rd out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate vs. average years of schooling rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.