Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Honduras
Honduras: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 97.3% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
97.3%
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
46th
of 120 countries
All-time high
99.1%
in 1990
All-time low
95.3%
in 2007
Years of data
32
1989–2024
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 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 97.3% for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Honduras peaked at 99.1% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 95.3%, in 2007.
Honduras ranks 46th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 99.0% | — |
| 1990 | 99.1% | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 99.0% | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 98.6% | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 98.1% | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 97.8% | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 98.0% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 98.4% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 97.9% | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 97.1% | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 97.7% | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 96.1% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 97.0% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 97.0% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 96.9% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 95.9% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 95.9% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 95.3% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 95.4% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 95.8% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 95.6% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 95.8% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 96.7% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 97.1% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 96.6% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 96.8% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 96.5% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 96.8% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 97.2% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 97.2% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 97.5% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 97.3% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 98.2% | 97.1% | 99.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 96.1% | 95.3% | 97.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 96.6% | 95.6% | 97.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.4% | 97.3% | 97.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 43 Iran, Islamic Republic of 98.0% compare
- 44 Mongolia 97.9% compare
- 45 Kazakhstan 97.5% compare
- 47 Morocco 97.2% compare
- 48 Tunisia 96.9% compare
- 49 North Macedonia 96.8% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Honduras
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Honduras?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Honduras was 97.3% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 99.1% in 1990.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 95.3% in 2007.
- How does Honduras rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Honduras ranks 46th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.