Income share held by second 20% in Honduras
Honduras: Income share held by second 20% was 9.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Income share held by second 20% in Honduras, 1989–2024
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
Honduras recorded 9.0% for income share held by second 20% in 2024. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share held by second 20% in Honduras peaked at 9.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.6%, in 2005.
Honduras ranks 114th 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.
Income share held by second 20% in Honduras, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 6.5% | — |
| 1990 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 7.7% | +18.5% |
| 1992 | 7.8% | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 7.4% | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 7.0% | -5.4% |
| 1995 | 6.8% | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 6.8% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 7.4% | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 6.4% | -13.5% |
| 1999 | 6.8% | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 6.4% | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 6.5% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 5.9% | -9.2% |
| 2004 | 5.9% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5.6% | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 6.0% | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 6.5% | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 6.7% | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 7.5% | +11.9% |
| 2010 | 7.1% | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 7.3% | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 7.0% | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 7.8% | +11.4% |
| 2014 | 7.7% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 7.9% | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 7.7% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 8.0% | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 8.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 8.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 8.5% | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 9.0% | +5.9% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 9.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11.6%, 78% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 9.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9.7%, 93% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.5% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 7.1% | 6.4% | 7.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.3% | 5.6% | 7.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 7.7% | 7.0% | 8.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.8% | 8.5% | 9.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 112 Guatemala 9.3% compare
- 113 Nicaragua 9.2% compare
- 114 Costa Rica 9.0% compare
- 116 Ecuador 8.9% compare
- 117 Mozambique 8.6% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Honduras
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.5 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,887 kg per hectare (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 revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 21.6% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income share held by second 20% in Honduras?
- Income share held by second 20% in Honduras was 9.0% 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 second 20% recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 9.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest income share held by second 20% recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.6% in 2005.
- How does Honduras rank for income share held by second 20%?
- Honduras ranks 114th out of 123 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income share held by second 20% rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. 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 second 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.