Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Honduras
Honduras: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 72.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Honduras, 1980–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, total in Honduras stood at 72.0%.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Honduras peaked at 87.3% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 45.7%, in 1980.
That places Honduras 157th out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 45.7% | — |
| 1982 | 50.3% | +10.1% |
| 1984 | 54.2% | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 61.8% | +14.2% |
| 1992 | 64.7% | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 66.7% | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 68.4% | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 67.7% | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 68.7% | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 69.1% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 69.9% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 76.9% | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 76.4% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 81.7% | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 80.7% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 82.9% | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 86.4% | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 87.3% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 85.1% | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 78.9% | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 75.2% | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 78.4% | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 79.4% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 76.5% | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 76.4% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 71.3% | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 68.2% | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 73.5% | +7.6% |
| 2024 | 72.0% | -2.0% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 72.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 85.6%, 84% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 72.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 94.6%, 76% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 50.0% | 45.7% | 54.2% | 3 |
| 1990s | 67.1% | 61.8% | 69.9% | 8 |
| 2000s | 79.7% | 76.4% | 82.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 80.9% | 75.2% | 87.3% | 8 |
| 2020s | 72.3% | 68.2% | 76.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 154 Mauritania 73.4% compare
- 155 Comoros 72.7% compare
- 156 Mozambique 72.4% compare
- 158 Congo 71.1% compare
- 159 Solomon Islands 70.5% compare
- 160 Nigeria 70.2% compare
More aid effectiveness data for Honduras
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 91,719 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 779,237 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 18.52 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 18.67 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 10.39 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 24.84 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 2.55 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 22,964 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy -66,963 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 31.86 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Honduras?
- Primary completion rate, total in Honduras was 72.0% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 87.3% in 2011.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.7% in 1980.
- How does Honduras rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Honduras ranks 157th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. 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 Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.