Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Honduras
Honduras: Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 8.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Honduras, 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Honduras stood at 8.7%.
The figure is down 50.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Honduras peaked at 37.1% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2019.
Honduras ranks 10th of 24 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 27.9% | — |
| 2004 | 29.4% | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 29.7% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 37.1% | +25.0% |
| 2009 | 23.1% | -37.8% |
| 2010 | 19.0% | -17.7% |
| 2011 | 25.0% | +31.6% |
| 2012 | 18.0% | -28.0% |
| 2013 | 17.6% | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 16.4% | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 15.7% | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 7.6% | -51.6% |
| 2018 | 10.8% | +42.1% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | -81.3% |
| 2023 | 8.7% | +331.6% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 8.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.7%, 59% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 8.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.4%, 2.6× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Honduras changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +331.6% | 2.0% | 8.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.4% | 23.1% | 37.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 14.7% | 2.0% | 25.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 8.7% | 8.7% | 8.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 7 Côte d'Ivoire 17.8% compare
- 8 Burkina Faso 16.0% compare
- 9 Bangladesh 11.5% compare
- 11 Colombia 8.4% compare
- 12 El Salvador 8.0% compare
- 13 Dominican Republic 7.1% compare
More education data for Honduras
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 31,374 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 39,572 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 107,321 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 106,198 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 552,199 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.03 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -3.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0949 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Honduras?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Honduras was 8.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 37.1% in 2006.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2019.
- How does Honduras rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- Honduras ranks 10th out of 24 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, rural, richest quintile, both sexes (household survey data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release