Literacy rates among adults in Honduras
Honduras: Literacy rates among adults was 88.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rates among adults in Honduras, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, literacy rates among adults in Honduras stood at 88.2%.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rates among adults in Honduras peaked at 89.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 80.0%, in 2001.
Honduras ranks 51st of 89 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81.8% | 80.0% | 83.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 86.7% | 84.8% | 89.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 87.9% | 87.1% | 88.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 48 El Salvador 89.8% compare
- 49 Iran 88.9% compare
- 50 Cape Verde 88.5% compare
- 52 Vanuatu 88.0% compare
- 53 Namibia 87.6% compare
- 54 Sao Tome and Principe 87.4% compare
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)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.48 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 79.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rates among adults in Honduras?
- Literacy rates among adults in Honduras was 88.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest literacy rates among adults recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 89.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest literacy rates among adults recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.0% in 2001.
- How does Honduras rank for literacy rates among adults?
- Honduras ranks 51st out of 89 countries with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rates among adults rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Literacy rates among adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of the population aged 15 years and older who can read and write.