Brazil vs Honduras
Brazil vs Honduras: Adult literacy
Adult literacy in 2024: 94.7% in Brazil and 88.3% in Honduras, by UNESCO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Brazil, by 6.5 percentage points, or 1.07 times that in Honduras.
% of adults · UNESCO
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2007.
- The world as a whole: 87.7% in 2024.
Every year
% of adults · UNESCO
| Year | Brazil | Honduras | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 94.7 | 88.3 | 87.7 |
| 2023 | 94.6 | 87.1 | 87.6 |
| 2022 | 94.4 | 88.2 | 87.4 |
| 2021 | 94.8 | – | 87.2 |
| 2020 | 94.7 | – | 87 |
| 2019 | 93.9 | 88.5 | 86.8 |
| 2018 | 93.2 | 87.2 | 86.8 |
| 2017 | 93.1 | – | 86.5 |
| 2016 | 92.8 | 89 | 86.3 |
| 2015 | 92.1 | 87.9 | 86 |
| 2014 | 91.7 | 87.2 | 85.6 |
| 2013 | 91.5 | 85.5 | 85.2 |
| 2012 | 91.3 | 85.4 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 91.4 | 85.1 | 84.7 |
| 2010 | 90.4 | 84.8 | 84.4 |
| 2009 | 90.3 | – | 83.8 |
| 2008 | 90 | – | 83.5 |
| 2007 | 90 | 83.6 | 83.1 |
| 2006 | 89.6 | – | 82.5 |
| 2005 | – | – | 82.6 |
| 2004 | 88.6 | – | 82.6 |
| 2003 | – | – | 82.2 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.7 |
| 2001 | – | 80 | 81.4 |
| 2000 | 86.4 | – | 81.1 |
| 1999 | – | – | 80.9 |
| 1998 | – | – | 80.5 |
| 1997 | – | – | 79.3 |
| 1996 | – | – | 77.3 |
| 1995 | – | – | 76.9 |
| 1994 | – | – | 76.4 |
| 1993 | – | – | 76 |
| 1992 | – | – | 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 | 74.6 | – | 67.8 |
| 1979 | – | – | 67.2 |
| 1978 | – | – | 66.5 |
| 1977 | – | – | 65.9 |
| 1976 | – | – | 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
Brazil vs Honduras
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Honduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Honduras: 65.2% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Honduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Honduras: $582M in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Honduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Honduras: 23,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024