Honduras — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Honduras, 1991–2025.
Unemployment for Honduras was 4.92% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 10.98% in 2020. The lowest was 3.06% in 1992 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.21% per year.
Honduras ranks 104 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 56%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 5.99%, so Honduras sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 55% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 20%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 22 of 31 economies; Paraguay (4.80%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 93% in 2020. That is 27% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1991 level: doubled by 2020.
World ranking. Climbed: 111th of 187 in 1991 → 141st of 187 in 2000 → 137th of 187 in 2010 → 50th of 187 in 2020 → 99th of 182 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1991 to 2025
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.92% | +0.0 pp |
| 2024 | 4.91% | -1.2 pp |
| 2023 | 6.07% | -2.7 pp |
| 2022 | 8.77% | +0.3 pp |
| 2021 | 8.51% | -2.5 pp |
| 2020 | 10.98% | +5.3 pp |
| 2019 | 5.7% | +0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 5.65% | +0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 5.53% | -1.2 pp |
| 2016 | 6.73% | +0.6 pp |
| 2015 | 6.15% | -0.9 pp |
| 2014 | 7.08% | +1.4 pp |
| 2013 | 5.65% | +1.9 pp |
| 2012 | 3.76% | -0.7 pp |
| 2011 | 4.47% | +0.4 pp |
| 2010 | 4.12% | +0.8 pp |
| 2009 | 3.29% | +0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 3.16% | -0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 3.21% | -0.4 pp |
| 2006 | 3.57% | -1.3 pp |
| 2005 | 4.91% | -1.1 pp |
| 2004 | 5.99% | +0.7 pp |
| 2003 | 5.3% | +1.3 pp |
| 2002 | 4.02% | +0.0 pp |
| 2001 | 4% | +0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 3.88% | +0.0 pp |
| 1999 | 3.85% | -0.2 pp |
| 1998 | 4.02% | +0.7 pp |
| 1997 | 3.32% | -1.1 pp |
| 1996 | 4.37% | +1.1 pp |
| 1995 | 3.24% | +0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 3.14% | +0.0 pp |
| 1993 | 3.1% | +0.0 pp |
| 1992 | 3.06% | -1.5 pp |
| 1991 | 4.58% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Honduras’s Unemployment in 1992?
3.06% (1992). 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 total labor force, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Honduras’s Unemployment growing or shrinking?
Between 1991 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +7.4% in total — about 0.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SL.UEM.TOTL.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: 2025: 4.92%; 2024: 4.91%; 2023: 6.07%; 2022: 8.77%; 2021: 8.51%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. 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.