Honduras

Adult literacy in Honduras

Adult literacy in Honduras: 80% in 2001 and 88.3% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2024
88.3%
Since 2001
+8.2 percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in HondurasAdult literacy in Honduras: 80% in 2001 and 88.3% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 89% in 2016, the lowest 80% in 2001.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 89% in 2016, the lowest 80% in 2001.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearHondurasWorld
202488.387.7
202387.187.6
202288.287.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
201988.586.8
201887.286.8
2017–86.5
20168986.3
201587.986
201487.285.6
201385.585.2
201285.484.9
201185.184.7
201084.884.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
200783.683.1
2006–82.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
20018081.4
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
1990–74.6
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
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

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.

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