Over-age students, primary in Honduras
Honduras: Over-age students, primary was 11.9% in 2017. ▬ Flat
Over-age students, primary in Honduras, 1978–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of enrollment.
Analysis
In 2017, over-age students, primary in Honduras stood at 11.9%.
That represents a change of down 6.4% on the previous year and down 34.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary in Honduras peaked at 18.5% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 2000.
That places Honduras 54th out of 191 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
Over-age students, primary in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % of enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 13.5% | — |
| 1979 | 14.6% | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 15.2% | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 14.9% | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 14.7% | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 15.0% | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 13.9% | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 11.1% | -20.4% |
| 1993 | 11.1% | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 9.3% | -16.2% |
| 2003 | 18.5% | +98.5% |
| 2004 | 17.4% | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 18.3% | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 16.8% | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 18.1% | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 15.5% | -14.1% |
| 2009 | 15.3% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 15.4% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 13.1% | -14.5% |
| 2012 | 13.4% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 14.5% | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 12.2% | -16.0% |
| 2015 | 13.8% | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 12.7% | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 11.9% | -6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14.1% | 13.5% | 14.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 14.7% | 13.9% | 15.2% | 5 |
| 1990s | 11.1% | 11.1% | 11.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 16.1% | 9.3% | 18.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 13.4% | 11.9% | 15.4% | 8 |
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More education data for Honduras
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary in Honduras?
- Over-age students, primary in Honduras was 11.9% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 18.5% in 2003.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 2000.
- How does Honduras rank for over-age students, primary?
- Honduras ranks 54th out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is over-age students, primary rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary (% of enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.