Honduras: Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Honduras' literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) rose 0.19 percentage points on 2023 (from 94.64% to 94.83%).

Across the 10 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2023), the average change was +0.19 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.8 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below 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 1.85 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.93 percentage points in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Honduras had the 19th highest value of the 21 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.

Closest to Honduras in the 2024 ranking

• Dominican Republic — 16th of 21: 97.65%
• South Africa — 17th of 21: 96.34%
• Guatemala — 18th of 21: 95.7%
• Uganda — 20th of 21: 84.27%
• Zambia — 21st of 21: 79.31%

What this measures

Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.

Limitations: In practice, literacy is difficult to measure. Estimating literacy rates requires census or survey measurements under controlled conditions. Many countries report the number of literate people from self-reported data. Some use educational attainment data as a proxy but apply different lengths of school attendance or levels of completion. And there is a trend among recent national and international surveys toward using a direct reading test of literacy skills. Because definitions and methods of data collection differ across countries, data should be used cautiously.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 17 values

Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in nearby economies

• Bolivia — 99.85% (2024)
• Brazil — 99.24% (2024)
• Chile — 99.1% (2022)
• Colombia — 98.42% (2024)
• Dominican Republic — 97.65% (2024)
• Ecuador — 98.8% (2024)
• El Salvador — 97.87% (2024)
• Guatemala — 95.7% (2024)
• Mexico — 98.79% (2024)
• Panama

More education data for Honduras

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 1.03 million (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 78.97% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 79.48% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 78.48% (2024)
• School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 33.77% (2021)
• School enrollment, preprimary, female (% gross)

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Questions people ask

What is Honduras's literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)?

94.83% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2001?

It is up 7.94 percentage points from 86.89% in 2001. The highest value was 95.05% in 2014 and the lowest 86.89% in 2001.

How does Honduras rank?

19th highest of 21 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) unusual for Honduras?

In 2024, Honduras' literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) rose 0.19 percentage points on 2023 (from 94.64% to 94.83%). Across the 10 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2023), the average change was +0.19 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.8 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.ADT.1524.LT.MA.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. 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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