Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Honduras
Honduras: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 93.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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 93.8% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Honduras peaked at 98.4% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 92.1%, in 2007.
Honduras ranks 47th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 98.2% | — |
| 1990 | 98.4% | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 98.2% | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 97.4% | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 96.8% | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 96.3% | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 96.6% | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 97.2% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 96.5% | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 95.3% | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 96.1% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 93.4% | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 94.9% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 95.1% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 94.8% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 93.4% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 93.2% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 92.1% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 92.4% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 92.4% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 92.2% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 92.5% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 93.7% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 94.2% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 93.9% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 94.2% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 93.2% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 93.6% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 93.9% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 94.1% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 94.5% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 93.8% | -0.7% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 93.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 99.1%, 95% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 93.8% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 84.3%, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 98.2% | 98.2% | 98.2% | 1 |
| 1990s | 96.9% | 95.3% | 98.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 93.5% | 92.1% | 95.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 93.5% | 92.2% | 94.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.1% | 93.8% | 94.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More poverty & inequality data for Honduras
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Honduras?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Honduras was 93.8% 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 $30 a day recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 98.4% in 1990.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.1% in 2007.
- How does Honduras rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Honduras ranks 47th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. 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: Share of population living on less than $30 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 $30 per day.