Income share held by lowest 20% in Honduras
Honduras: Income share held by lowest 20% was 3.7% in 2024. β² Rising
Income share held by lowest 20% in Honduras, 1989β2024
Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
Analysis
In 2024, income share held by lowest 20% in Honduras stood at 3.7%.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share held by lowest 20% in Honduras peaked at 3.9% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 2005.
Honduras ranks 119th of 123 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 3.1% | 2.2% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.5% | 1.9% | 3.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.4% | 3.0% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.7% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More poverty & inequality data for Honduras
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 6 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 2.5 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,887 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.2906 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 21.59 (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 21.59 (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 0.5941 % change on previous year (2022)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.437 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income share held by lowest 20% in Honduras?
- Income share held by lowest 20% in Honduras was 3.7% in 2024, according to World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
- What is the highest income share held by lowest 20% recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 3.9% in 1992.
- What is the lowest income share held by lowest 20% recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 2005.
- How does Honduras rank for income share held by lowest 20%?
- Honduras ranks 119th out of 123 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income share held by lowest 20% rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ, published as part of Income share held by lowest 20%. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles. Percentage shares by quintile may not sum to 100 because of rounding.