Honduras vs Nicaragua
Honduras vs Nicaragua: Girls in primary school
Girls in primary school: 80.9% in Honduras in 2017 and 96% in Nicaragua in 2010, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2010 the value was higher in Nicaragua, 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
- Nicaragua has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Honduras.
- The world as a whole: 87.9% in 2010.
Every year
% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data
| Year | Honduras | Nicaragua | 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 | 96 | 87.9 |
| 2009 | 85.1 | – | 87.9 |
| 2008 | 85.9 | 97.2 | 87.6 |
| 2007 | 82.3 | 96.5 | 87.2 |
| 2006 | 87.7 | 96.6 | 86 |
| 2005 | 83.8 | – | 85.4 |
| 2004 | 86 | – | 84.7 |
| 2003 | 86.5 | – | 83.5 |
| 2002 | – | 90.5 | 81.4 |
| 2001 | – | 84.8 | 81 |
| 2000 | 86.3 | 82 | 80.7 |
| 1999 | – | 79.2 | 79.9 |
| 1998 | – | – | 78.9 |
| 1997 | – | – | 78.1 |
| 1996 | – | – | 77.9 |
| 1995 | – | 74.5 | 78 |
| 1994 | – | 76 | 78.3 |
| 1993 | 88.1 | 75 | 78 |
| 1992 | – | 74.3 | 77.7 |
| 1991 | 86.8 | 70.5 | 77.8 |
| 1990 | – | 68.2 | 77.3 |
| 1989 | – | 66.4 | 77.6 |
| 1988 | – | 68.4 | 76.6 |
| 1987 | – | 68 | 75.8 |
| 1986 | 90 | 66.6 | 75.3 |
| 1985 | – | 67.9 | 74 |
| 1980 | 75 | 75 | 75.8 |
| 1975 | 72 | 64.1 | 72.9 |
| 1970 | 77.8 | 61.9 | 69 |
| 1965 | 68 | 50.2 | 66 |
| 1960 | 57 | 50.2 | 63.1 |
| 1955 | 41.2 | 46.4 | 57.4 |
| 1950 | 34 | 42.5 | 51.4 |
| 1945 | 28.3 | 38.6 | 43.5 |
| 1940 | 23.2 | 34.7 | 40 |
| 1935 | 18.8 | 30.8 | 38.2 |
| 1930 | 15.1 | 26.9 | 36.4 |
| 1925 | 12 | 23 | 33 |
| 1920 | 9.4 | 21.9 | 30.5 |
| 1915 | 7.4 | 20.8 | 29.2 |
| 1910 | 5.8 | 19.7 | 28.1 |
| 1905 | 4.5 | 18.6 | 25.1 |
| 1900 | 3.5 | 17.4 | 23.3 |
| 1895 | 2.7 | 16.3 | 21.8 |
| 1890 | 2.1 | 15.2 | 20 |
| 1885 | 1.6 | 14.1 | 19 |
| 1880 | 1.2 | 11.4 | 17.2 |
| 1875 | 1 | 9.1 | 15.7 |
| 1870 | 0.7 | 7.3 | 13.2 |
| 1865 | 0.6 | 5.8 | 10.6 |
| 1860 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 9.3 |
| 1855 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 8 |
| 1850 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 6.8 |
| 1845 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 5.9 |
| 1840 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 5.2 |
| 1835 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 4.5 |
| 1830 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 1825 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.5 |
| 1820 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 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
Honduras vs Nicaragua
Health
- Life expectancyHonduras: 72.9 years in 2023Nicaragua: 75 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHonduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024Nicaragua: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHonduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nicaragua: 12.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHonduras: 65.2% in 2022Nicaragua: 55.5% in 2020
- DepressionHonduras: 2.75% in 2017Nicaragua: 2.85% in 2017
- Suicide rateHonduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Nicaragua: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHonduras: 10.6 million people in 2023Nicaragua: 6.82 million people in 2023
- Population growthHonduras: 1.7% a year in 2023Nicaragua: 1.36% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHonduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023Nicaragua: 2.22 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHonduras: 59.3% in 2025Nicaragua: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageHonduras: 23.6 years in 2023Nicaragua: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHonduras: 4.3% in 2023Nicaragua: 5.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateHonduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Nicaragua: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHonduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025Nicaragua: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHonduras: $582M in 2025Nicaragua: $115M in 2025
- Military spending per personHonduras: $53 in 2025Nicaragua: $17 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHonduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Nicaragua: 2.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHonduras: 23,000 people in 2020Nicaragua: 12,000 people in 2020
- National powerHonduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Nicaragua: 0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHonduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020Nicaragua: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHonduras: 7 million TIV in 2024Nicaragua: 13 million TIV in 2019