Bolivia vs Honduras
Bolivia vs Honduras: Adult literacy
Adult literacy in 2024: 96.7% in Bolivia and 88.3% in Honduras, by UNESCO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bolivia, by 8.5 percentage points, or 1.1 times that in Honduras.
% of adults · UNESCO
What the numbers say
- Bolivia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2001.
- The world as a whole: 87.7% in 2024.
Every year
% of adults · UNESCO
| Year | Bolivia | Honduras | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 96.7 | 88.3 | 87.7 |
| 2023 | 95.6 | 87.1 | 87.6 |
| 2022 | – | 88.2 | 87.4 |
| 2021 | – | – | 87.2 |
| 2020 | 93.9 | – | 87 |
| 2019 | – | 88.5 | 86.8 |
| 2018 | – | 87.2 | 86.8 |
| 2017 | – | – | 86.5 |
| 2016 | – | 89 | 86.3 |
| 2015 | 92.5 | 87.9 | 86 |
| 2014 | – | 87.2 | 85.6 |
| 2013 | – | 85.5 | 85.2 |
| 2012 | 94.5 | 85.4 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 92.2 | 85.1 | 84.7 |
| 2010 | – | 84.8 | 84.4 |
| 2009 | 91.2 | – | 83.8 |
| 2008 | 90.7 | – | 83.5 |
| 2007 | 90.3 | 83.6 | 83.1 |
| 2006 | – | – | 82.5 |
| 2005 | – | – | 82.6 |
| 2004 | – | – | 82.6 |
| 2003 | – | – | 82.2 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.7 |
| 2001 | 86.7 | 80 | 81.4 |
| 2000 | – | – | 81.1 |
| 1999 | – | – | 80.9 |
| 1998 | – | – | 80.5 |
| 1997 | – | – | 79.3 |
| 1996 | – | – | 77.3 |
| 1995 | – | – | 76.9 |
| 1994 | – | – | 76.4 |
| 1993 | – | – | 76 |
| 1992 | 80 | – | 75.5 |
| 1991 | – | – | 75.1 |
| 1990 | – | – | 74.6 |
| 1989 | – | – | 74.1 |
| 1988 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 1987 | – | – | 71.9 |
| 1986 | – | – | 71.3 |
| 1985 | – | – | 70.7 |
| 1984 | – | – | 70.2 |
| 1983 | – | – | 69.5 |
| 1982 | – | – | 68.9 |
| 1981 | – | – | 68.4 |
| 1980 | – | – | 67.8 |
| 1979 | – | – | 67.2 |
| 1978 | – | – | 66.5 |
| 1977 | – | – | 65.9 |
| 1976 | 63.2 | – | 65.6 |
| 1975 | – | – | 65.4 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bolivia vs Honduras
Health
- Life expectancyBolivia: 68.6 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBolivia: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Honduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBolivia: 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBolivia: 3.09% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateBolivia: 6.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBolivia: 12.2 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthBolivia: 1.38% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBolivia: 2.55 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBolivia: 71.6% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageBolivia: 24.7 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBolivia: 5.6% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBolivia: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBolivia: 1.22% of GDP in 2025Honduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBolivia: $570M in 2025Honduras: $582M in 2025
- Military spending per personBolivia: $55 in 2025Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBolivia: 3.2% of government spending in 2025Honduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBolivia: 71,000 people in 2020Honduras: 23,000 people in 2020
- National powerBolivia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBolivia: 1.21% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBolivia: 0 TIV in 2024Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024