Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Honduras
Honduras: Poverty gap index at $3 a day was 6.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Honduras, 1989–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 6.3% for poverty gap index at $3 a day in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.4% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap index at $3 a day in Honduras peaked at 25.5% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 6.3%, in 2024.
Honduras ranks 21st of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 23.8% | — |
| 1990 | 25.5% | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 17.5% | -31.3% |
| 1992 | 14.6% | -16.8% |
| 1993 | 12.1% | -17.3% |
| 1994 | 13.9% | +15.6% |
| 1995 | 14.6% | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 17.0% | +16.6% |
| 1997 | 10.7% | -37.2% |
| 1998 | 15.6% | +46.4% |
| 1999 | 15.5% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 11.5% | -25.8% |
| 2002 | 12.9% | +11.7% |
| 2003 | 15.8% | +22.6% |
| 2004 | 15.2% | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 15.8% | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 13.1% | -16.9% |
| 2007 | 8.8% | -32.6% |
| 2008 | 8.7% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 6.7% | -23.1% |
| 2010 | 7.4% | +10.6% |
| 2011 | 8.2% | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 9.8% | +20.4% |
| 2013 | 8.0% | -18.1% |
| 2014 | 7.1% | -12.1% |
| 2015 | 7.0% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 8.1% | +16.4% |
| 2017 | 7.6% | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 7.8% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 6.9% | -10.7% |
| 2023 | 7.0% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 6.3% | -9.4% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 6.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.5%, 2.6× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 6.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9%, 7.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 23.8% | 23.8% | 23.8% | 1 |
| 1990s | 15.7% | 10.7% | 25.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.0% | 6.7% | 15.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 7.8% | 6.9% | 9.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.6% | 6.3% | 7.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More poverty & inequality data for Honduras
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty gap index at $3 a day in Honduras?
- Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Honduras was 6.3% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 25.5% in 1990.
- What is the lowest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.3% in 2024.
- How does Honduras rank for poverty gap index at $3 a day?
- Honduras ranks 21st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty gap index at $3 a day rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty gap index at $3 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The poverty gap index is a poverty measure that reflects both the prevalence and the depth of poverty. It is calculated as the share of population in poverty multiplied by the average shortfall from the poverty line (expressed as a % of the poverty line).