Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Honduras
Honduras: Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median was 23.4% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% 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 50% of the median in Honduras stood at 23.4%.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Honduras peaked at 28.3% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 20.8%, in 1992.
Honduras ranks 1st of 120 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 25.5% | — |
| 1990 | 25.8% | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 22.1% | -14.1% |
| 1992 | 20.8% | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 20.9% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 23.2% | +10.8% |
| 1995 | 23.8% | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 25.0% | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 23.3% | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 27.0% | +16.3% |
| 1999 | 26.2% | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 28.0% | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 26.1% | -6.6% |
| 2003 | 27.1% | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 27.2% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 28.3% | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 28.1% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 25.0% | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 26.0% | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 25.0% | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 24.5% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 24.9% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 25.6% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 23.9% | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 24.8% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 23.9% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 25.9% | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 24.7% | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 24.5% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 25.1% | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 23.6% | -6.0% |
| 2024 | 23.4% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 25.5% | 25.5% | 25.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 23.8% | 20.8% | 27.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.7% | 25.0% | 28.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 24.8% | 23.9% | 25.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.5% | 23.4% | 23.6% | 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 50% of the median in Honduras?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Honduras was 23.4% 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 50% of the median recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 28.3% in 2005.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.8% in 1992.
- How does Honduras rank for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median?
- Honduras ranks 1st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. 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 50% 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 50% of the median.