Honduras vs Venezuela
Honduras vs Venezuela: Adult literacy
Adult literacy: 88.3% in Honduras in 2024 and 97.2% in Venezuela in 2017, by UNESCO estimates. In 2016 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 8.1 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in Honduras.
% of adults · UNESCO
What the numbers say
- Venezuela has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2001.
- The world as a whole: 86.3% in 2016.
Every year
% of adults · UNESCO
| Year | Honduras | Venezuela | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 88.3 | – | 87.7 |
| 2023 | 87.1 | – | 87.6 |
| 2022 | 88.2 | – | 87.4 |
| 2021 | – | – | 87.2 |
| 2020 | – | – | 87 |
| 2019 | 88.5 | – | 86.8 |
| 2018 | 87.2 | – | 86.8 |
| 2017 | – | 97.2 | 86.5 |
| 2016 | 89 | 97.1 | 86.3 |
| 2015 | 87.9 | 96.6 | 86 |
| 2014 | 87.2 | – | 85.6 |
| 2013 | 85.5 | – | 85.2 |
| 2012 | 85.4 | 96 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 85.1 | 94.8 | 84.7 |
| 2010 | 84.8 | 95.4 | 84.4 |
| 2009 | – | 95.5 | 83.8 |
| 2008 | – | 95.3 | 83.5 |
| 2007 | 83.6 | 95.2 | 83.1 |
| 2006 | – | 94.7 | 82.5 |
| 2005 | – | 94.4 | 82.6 |
| 2004 | – | – | 82.6 |
| 2003 | – | – | 82.2 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.7 |
| 2001 | 80 | 93 | 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 | – | – | 75.5 |
| 1991 | – | – | 75.1 |
| 1990 | – | 89.8 | 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 | – | 84.7 | 68.4 |
| 1980 | – | – | 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
Honduras vs Venezuela
Health
- Life expectancyHonduras: 72.9 years in 2023Venezuela: 72.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHonduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024Venezuela: 2.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHonduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023Venezuela: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionHonduras: 2.75% in 2017Venezuela: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateHonduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Venezuela: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHonduras: 10.6 million people in 2023Venezuela: 28.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthHonduras: 1.7% a year in 2023Venezuela: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHonduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023Venezuela: 2.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHonduras: 59.3% in 2025Venezuela: 89.3% in 2025
- Median ageHonduras: 23.6 years in 2023Venezuela: 29 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHonduras: 4.3% in 2023Venezuela: 9.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateHonduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Venezuela: -4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHonduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025Venezuela: 2.23% of GDP in 2017
- Military spending per personHonduras: $53 in 2025Venezuela: $69 in 2017
- Armed forces personnelHonduras: 23,000 people in 2020Venezuela: 343,000 people in 2020
- National powerHonduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Venezuela: 0.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHonduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020Venezuela: 3.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHonduras: 7 million TIV in 2024Venezuela: 98 million TIV in 2023