Lower secondary completion rate, total in Honduras
Honduras: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 36.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Honduras, 1991–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary completion rate, total in Honduras is 36.6%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and down 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Honduras peaked at 46.6% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 24.7%, in 1991.
Honduras ranks 168th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 24.7% | — |
| 2005 | 43.1% | +74.8% |
| 2007 | 46.3% | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 43.8% | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 37.4% | -14.6% |
| 2014 | 46.6% | +24.6% |
| 2016 | 44.5% | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 42.4% | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 41.9% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 37.8% | -9.9% |
| 2023 | 36.1% | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 36.6% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.7% | 24.7% | 24.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 44.7% | 43.1% | 46.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 42.9% | 37.4% | 46.6% | 5 |
| 2020s | 38.1% | 36.1% | 41.9% | 4 |
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More education data for Honduras
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Honduras?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Honduras was 36.6% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 46.6% in 2014.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.7% in 1991.
- How does Honduras rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Honduras ranks 168th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.