Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Honduras
Honduras: Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates was 79.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Honduras, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Honduras stood at 79.0%. That is the lowest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.3% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Honduras peaked at 108.3% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 79.0%, in 2024.
That places Honduras 206th out of 217 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 85.4% | 81.3% | 95.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 102.6% | 95.8% | 107.4% | 8 |
| 1990s | 105.8% | 103.7% | 108.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 103.5% | 99.5% | 108.3% | 8 |
| 2010s | 91.3% | 85.4% | 99.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 81.7% | 79.0% | 83.7% | 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)
- 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 primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Honduras?
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Honduras was 79.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 108.3% in 2003.
- What is the lowest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.0% in 2024.
- How does Honduras rank for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates?
- Honduras ranks 206th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children of any age group who are enrolled in primary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official primary school age.