Honduras — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Honduras, 1978–2023.
Education spending for Honduras was 4.55% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 17 years, from 1978 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 7.09% in 2014. The lowest was 1.94% in 1980 (about 2.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.82% per year.
Honduras ranks 71 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 41%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Honduras sits above it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 36% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 23%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 15 of 36 economies; Guyana (4.45%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 141% in 2012. That is 22% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1978 level: doubled by 2012. Doubling roughly every 38 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 45th of 51 in 1978 → 57th of 63 in 1980 → 26th of 157 in 2020 → 35th of 107 in 2023.
Key figures
Full history — 1978 to 2023
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.55% | +0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 4.48% | -1.4 pp |
| 2021 | 5.88% | -0.2 pp |
| 2020 | 6.1% | +0.1 pp |
| 2019 | 5.98% | -0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 6.06% | +0.3 pp |
| 2017 | 5.74% | -0.4 pp |
| 2016 | 6.1% | -0.3 pp |
| 2015 | 6.41% | -0.7 pp |
| 2014 | 7.09% | +1.2 pp |
| 2013 | 5.87% | -0.4 pp |
| 2012 | 6.3% | +3.7 pp |
| 1995 | 2.62% | +0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 2.51% | +0.6 pp |
| 1980 | 1.94% | -0.1 pp |
| 1979 | 2.01% | -0.0 pp |
| 1978 | 2.02% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Honduras’s Education spending in 1979?
2.01% (1979). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Honduras’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1978 and 2023 the series was growing overall: +125.3% in total — about 1.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2023: 4.55%; 2022: 4.48%; 2021: 5.88%; 2020: 6.1%; 2019: 5.98%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.