Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Honduras
Honduras: Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate was 2.5 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Honduras, 1950–2023
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 2.5 live births per woman for women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Honduras peaked at 7.51 live births per woman in 1955 and was at its lowest, 2.5 live births per woman, in 2023.
Honduras ranks 83rd of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.49 live births per woman | 7.47 live births per woman | 7.51 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.4 live births per woman | 7.23 live births per woman | 7.46 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.88 live births per woman | 6.53 live births per woman | 7.17 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.88 live births per woman | 5.35 live births per woman | 6.42 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.85 live births per woman | 4.37 live births per woman | 5.27 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.68 live births per woman | 3.17 live births per woman | 4.29 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.8 live births per woman | 2.61 live births per woman | 3.08 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.54 live births per woman | 2.5 live births per woman | 2.58 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
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 women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Honduras?
- Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Honduras was 2.5 live births per woman in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 7.51 live births per woman in 1955.
- What is the lowest women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Honduras rank for women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate?
- Honduras ranks 83rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.