Education in Honduras

141 indicators covering education for Honduras.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 65.2% 2025 up 5.7% 89th
Population ages 0-14 30.3% 2025 down 13.3% 69th
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
School enrollment, primary 79.0% 2024 down 11.7% 195th
Primary education, teachers 49,996 2024 up 26.3% 83rd
School enrollment, primary, female 79.5% 2024 down 10.7% 193rd
School enrollment, primary, male 78.5% 2024 down 12.6% 193rd
Labor force, total 4.34 million 2025 up 12.6% 94th
Labor force, female 35.0% 2025 down 3.6% 154th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9963 GPI 2012 up 0.5% 85th
School enrollment, secondary 51.8% 2024 up 4.6% 168th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 5.7 per 1,000 2024 down 16.2% 84th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.8 per 1,000 2024 down 17.4% 89th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 3 per 1,000 2024 down 3.2% 46th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.7 per 1,000 2024 down 22.7% 79th
Secondary education, teachers 31,374 2024 down 20.8% 110th
School enrollment, secondary, female 56.2% 2024 up 4.7% 164th
School enrollment, secondary, male 47.5% 2024 up 4.6% 177th
School enrollment, tertiary 23.3% 2024 up 18.2% 126th
School enrollment, primary, private 12.2% 2024 up 23.9% 102nd
School enrollment, preprimary 33.8% 2021 down 16.3% 145th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 18.8% 2024 up 12.8% 126th
School enrollment, tertiary, female 28.1% 2024 up 22.5% 124th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.22 GPI 2012 down 2.3% 5th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.33 GPI 2024 up 4.5% 53rd
Secondary education, teachers, female 18,587 2024 down 20.6% 100th
Primary completion rate, female 73.9% 2024 down 4.4% 154th
Primary completion rate, male 70.2% 2024 down 4.1% 160th
Government expenditure on education, total 4.5% 2023 down 22.6% 78th
Secondary education, general pupils 402,665 2017 105th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 36.6% 2024 down 21.6% 168th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 34.3% 2021 down 16.0% 144th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 33.2% 2021 down 16.5% 143rd
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 79.9% 2023 up 5.9% 123rd
Government expenditure on education, total 23.2% 2018 up 10.3% 7th
Secondary education, general pupils 52.4% 2017 18th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 40.2% 2024 down 22.0% 166th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 33.0% 2024 down 21.0% 169th
Children out of school 26.6% 2024 up 23.5% 20th
Secondary education, duration 5 years 2025 down 16.7% 183rd
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th
Primary education, pupils 1.03 million 2024 down 10.6% 84th
Secondary education, pupils 552,199 2024 down 10.9% 103rd
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 81.6% 2023 up 6.5% 113th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 78.2% 2023 up 5.3% 111th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 252,425 2017 42nd
Number of under-five deaths, male 1,970 2024 down 25.2% 79th
Number of under-five deaths, female 1,519 2024 down 24.6% 78th
Number of infant deaths, female 1,289 2024 down 22.6% 75th
Number of infant deaths, male 1,690 2024 down 23.4% 77th
Children out of school, female 25.6% 2024 up 22.5% 21st
Children out of school, male 27.6% 2024 up 24.3% 20th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 52.5% 2017 18th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 90.6% 2017 down 23.1% 167th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 9.0% 114th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.4% 2025 down 28.8% 83rd
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.9% 2025 down 20.0% 103rd
Primary education, teachers 76.2% 2024 up 2.6% 111th
Repeaters, primary, total 2.1% 2017 down 70.7% 100th