Ecuador vs Honduras
Ecuador vs Honduras: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school: 96.1% in Ecuador in 2008 and 80.9% in Honduras in 2017, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2008 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 10.2 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Honduras.
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
What the numbers say
- Ecuador has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1820.
- The world as a whole: 87.6% in 2008.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Ecuador | Honduras | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | – | – | 88.2 |
| 2017 | – | 80.9 | 88.2 |
| 2016 | – | 80.4 | 88.3 |
| 2015 | – | 78.8 | 88.2 |
| 2014 | – | 79.5 | 88.3 |
| 2013 | – | 80.1 | 88.2 |
| 2012 | – | 83.7 | 88.2 |
| 2011 | – | 86.7 | 88.1 |
| 2010 | – | 85.8 | 87.9 |
| 2009 | – | 85.1 | 87.9 |
| 2008 | 96.1 | 85.9 | 87.6 |
| 2007 | – | 82.3 | 87.2 |
| 2006 | 96.5 | 87.7 | 86 |
| 2005 | 96.7 | 83.8 | 85.4 |
| 2004 | – | 86 | 84.7 |
| 2003 | – | 86.5 | 83.5 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.4 |
| 2001 | 97.6 | – | 81 |
| 2000 | 96.1 | 86.3 | 80.7 |
| 1999 | 95.7 | – | 79.9 |
| 1998 | 95.9 | – | 78.9 |
| 1997 | 96.9 | – | 78.1 |
| 1996 | 94.4 | – | 77.9 |
| 1995 | 93.1 | – | 78 |
| 1994 | 92.6 | – | 78.3 |
| 1993 | – | 88.1 | 78 |
| 1992 | – | – | 77.7 |
| 1991 | – | 86.8 | 77.8 |
| 1990 | – | – | 77.3 |
| 1989 | – | – | 77.6 |
| 1988 | – | – | 76.6 |
| 1987 | – | – | 75.8 |
| 1986 | – | 90 | 75.3 |
| 1985 | – | – | 74 |
| 1980 | 85.7 | 75 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 78 | 72 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 78 | 77.8 | 69 |
| 1965 | 72 | 68 | 66 |
| 1960 | 64.6 | 57 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 64.8 | 41.2 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 53.2 | 34 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 50.3 | 28.3 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 47.3 | 23.2 | 40 |
| 1935 | 44.4 | 18.8 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 41.4 | 15.1 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 38.4 | 12 | 33 |
| 1920 | 35.5 | 9.4 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 32.5 | 7.4 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 29.5 | 5.8 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 25.1 | 4.5 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 20.6 | 3.5 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 16.2 | 2.7 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 11.7 | 2.1 | 20 |
| 1885 | 7.2 | 1.6 | 19 |
| 1880 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 4.5 | 1 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 10.6 |
| 1860 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 9.3 |
| 1855 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 8 |
| 1850 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 6.8 |
| 1845 | 1 | 0.2 | 5.9 |
| 1840 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 5.2 |
| 1835 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 4.5 |
| 1830 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 4 |
| 1825 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.5 |
| 1820 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of girls of primary-school age who are enrolled in school.
- Source: Our World in Data, joining historical estimates to the World Bank’s.
- Ranks count the 97 countries with a value in 2012, highest first.
- 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
Ecuador vs Honduras
Health
- Life expectancyEcuador: 77.4 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEcuador: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Honduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEcuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEcuador: 67.1% in 2022Honduras: 65.2% in 2022
- DepressionEcuador: 2.98% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateEcuador: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEcuador: 18 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthEcuador: 0.87% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEcuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEcuador: 63.4% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageEcuador: 28.4 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEcuador: 8.1% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateEcuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEcuador: 2.1% of GDP in 2025Honduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEcuador: $2.71B in 2025Honduras: $582M in 2025
- Military spending per personEcuador: $150 in 2025Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEcuador: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Honduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEcuador: 42,000 people in 2020Honduras: 23,000 people in 2020
- National powerEcuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEcuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEcuador: 30 million TIV in 2025Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024