Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day in Honduras
Honduras: Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day was 15.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per 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 15.7% for share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day in Honduras peaked at 51.7% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 15.7%, in 2024.
Honduras ranks 27th 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.
Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 49.5% | — |
| 1990 | 51.7% | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 41.3% | -20.1% |
| 1992 | 36.5% | -11.6% |
| 1993 | 31.3% | -14.2% |
| 1994 | 32.9% | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 34.4% | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 38.2% | +10.9% |
| 1997 | 27.5% | -27.9% |
| 1998 | 32.3% | +17.4% |
| 1999 | 32.1% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 26.5% | -17.4% |
| 2002 | 29.0% | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 34.0% | +17.4% |
| 2004 | 33.3% | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 31.3% | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 27.3% | -12.9% |
| 2007 | 22.0% | -19.4% |
| 2008 | 20.9% | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 18.1% | -13.5% |
| 2010 | 19.6% | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 20.1% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 24.0% | +19.3% |
| 2013 | 20.8% | -13.2% |
| 2014 | 20.6% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 19.9% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 19.8% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 19.3% | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 19.8% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 18.8% | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 17.0% | -9.4% |
| 2024 | 15.7% | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 49.5% | 49.5% | 49.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 35.8% | 27.5% | 51.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.9% | 18.1% | 34.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 20.3% | 18.8% | 24.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.4% | 15.7% | 17.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 24 Syrian Arab Republic 18.0% compare
- 25 Senegal 17.9% compare
- 26 South Africa 17.4% compare
- 28 Guinea 11.7% compare
- 29 Philippines 11.5% compare
- 30 Mauritania 10.2% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Honduras
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day in Honduras?
- Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day in Honduras was 15.7% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 51.7% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.7% in 2024.
- How does Honduras rank for share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day?
- Honduras ranks 27th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.7%. 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 Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per 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 $3 per day.