Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Honduras
Honduras: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 18.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Honduras, 1989–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Honduras stood at 18.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Honduras peaked at 22.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 13.4%, in 1992.
Honduras ranks 1st of 120 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 19.2% | — |
| 1990 | 19.5% | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 15.5% | -20.7% |
| 1992 | 13.4% | -13.8% |
| 1993 | 14.7% | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 17.1% | +16.0% |
| 1995 | 16.8% | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 18.8% | +11.3% |
| 1997 | 17.0% | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 22.0% | +30.0% |
| 1999 | 20.6% | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 22.2% | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 20.3% | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 21.3% | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 21.0% | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 22.8% | +8.4% |
| 2006 | 22.5% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 19.0% | -15.4% |
| 2008 | 19.9% | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 18.8% | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 18.4% | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 19.1% | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 18.9% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 18.2% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 17.7% | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 17.0% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 19.4% | +13.9% |
| 2017 | 18.4% | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 19.0% | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 18.8% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 17.2% | -8.7% |
| 2024 | 18.0% | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 19.2% | 19.2% | 19.2% | 1 |
| 1990s | 17.5% | 13.4% | 22.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.9% | 18.8% | 22.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 18.5% | 17.0% | 19.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.6% | 17.2% | 18.0% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Honduras?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Honduras was 18.0% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 22.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.4% in 1992.
- How does Honduras rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Honduras ranks 1st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. 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% of the median.