Honduras's labor force with basic education (% of total working-age population with basic education) was 56.05% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 5.45 percentage points from 61.49% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 56.05% | 2025 |
| Ten years earlier | 61.49% | 2015 |
| Highest | 65.46% | 2018 |
| Lowest | 55.3% | 2024 |
| Average since 2016 | 60.77% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 59.08% | 2005 |
Since 2005 it is down 3.03 percentage points from 59.08% in 2005. The World Bank has no value for 1 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2025, Honduras' labor force with basic education (% of total working-age population with basic education) rose 0.75 percentage points on 2024 (from 55.3% to 56.05%).
Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was −0.37 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.62 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.05 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.09 percentage points in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.98 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 60% of the movement over 9 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Honduras had the 6th highest value of the 17 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 56.05% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 54.3% | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 59.99% | 2024 |
Closest to Honduras in the 2025 ranking
- Pakistan — 3rd of 17: 58.26%
- Ecuador — 4th of 17: 58.07%
- United Kingdom — 5th of 17: 56.53%
- Colombia — 7th of 17: 51.76%
- Brazil — 8th of 17: 50.16%
- Costa Rica — 9th of 17: 49.95%
What this measures
The ratio of the labor force with basic education to the working-age population with basic education. Basic education comprises primary education or lower secondary education according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 20 values
| Year | Labor force with basic education (% of total working-age population with basic education) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.05 |
| 2024 | 55.3 |
| 2023 | 55.47 |
| 2022 | 61.56 |
| 2021 | 64.94 |
| 2020 | no data |
| 2019 | 62.5 |
| 2018 | 65.46 |
| 2017 | 63.54 |
| 2016 | 62.17 |
Labor force with basic education (% of total working-age population with basic education) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 46.09% (2024)
- Bolivia — 73.91% (2024)
- Brazil — 50.16% (2025)
- Chile — 41.13% (2025)
- Colombia — 51.76% (2025)
- Costa Rica — 49.95% (2025)
- Dominican Republic — 62.13% (2025)
- Ecuador
More social protection & labor data for Honduras
- Net migration — -4,778 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 270 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin — 94,449 (2025)
- Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate) — 6.66% (2025)
- Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (national estimate) — 3.63% (2025)
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate) — 4.85% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 33.97% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
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Questions people ask
- What is Honduras's labor force with basic education (% of total working-age population with basic education)?
- 56.05% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is down 3.03 percentage points from 59.08% in 2005. The highest value was 65.46% in 2018 and the lowest 55.3% in 2024.
- How does Honduras rank?
- 6th highest of 17 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in labor force with basic education (% of total working-age population with basic education) unusual for Honduras?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.TLF.BASC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Education and Mismatch Indicators database (EMI), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: March 30, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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