Honduras
Latin America & Caribbean · Lower middle income· 10.64M inhabitants
Last updated: May 27, 2025
Futures readiness profile
Key insights: Honduras
Honduras is significantly behind global peers in every GEFRI dimension: Infrastructure (51, 30th percentile), Human Capital (40, 28th percentile), Innovation (35, 38th percentile), Governance (33, 31st percentile), and School Access and Gender Parity (10, 28th percentile). This profile signals deep-rooted structural challenges. Urgent and comprehensive reforms, investments, and capacity building are required to leapfrog beyond its present situation and avoid falling further behind. The country’s potential for future generations has yet to be unlocked.
Composite GEFRI Score
33.83
27th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness
Component scores
School Access and Gender Parity10.00
Below global avg. · 28th %-tile
Governance33.11
Below global avg. · 31st %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Infrastructure50.98
Below global avg. · 30th %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Human Capital40.38
Below global avg. · 28th %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Innovation34.70
Below global avg. · 38th %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
| Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 1 | Chile | 70.69 |
| 39 | 2 | Uruguay | 65.36 |
| 42 | 3 | Argentina | 64.34 |
| — | — | St. Vincent and the Grenadines(microstate) | 60.07 |
| — | — | Antigua and Barbuda(microstate) | 59.84 |
| — | — | Barbados(microstate) | 59.30 |
| 64 | 4 | Peru | 58.45 |
| — | — | Aruba(microstate) | 57.21 |
| — | — | Cayman Islands(microstate) | 55.79 |
| — | — | St. Kitts and Nevis(microstate) | 55.69 |
| 77 | 5 | Colombia | 55.60 |
| — | — | Turks and Caicos Islands(microstate) | 55.11 |
| — | — | Curacao(microstate) | 55.07 |
| 79 | 6 | Mexico | 54.81 |
| — | — | British Virgin Islands(microstate) | 54.50 |
| — | — | St. Martin (French part)(microstate) | 54.20 |
| — | — | Virgin Islands (U.S.)(microstate) | 54.17 |
| 82 | 7 | Brazil | 54.00 |
| 83 | 8 | Puerto Rico | 53.98 |
| 84 | 9 | Cuba | 53.76 |
| 88 | 10 | Costa Rica | 53.00 |
| — | — | Sint Maarten (Dutch part)(microstate) | 52.03 |
| — | — | St. Lucia(microstate) | 51.19 |
| 95 | 11 | Ecuador | 50.88 |
| 99 | 12 | Bolivia | 50.03 |
| 100 | 13 | Jamaica | 49.46 |
| 101 | 14 | Panama | 49.40 |
| — | — | Grenada(microstate) | 49.18 |
| 108 | 15 | Dominican Republic | 47.03 |
| — | — | Dominica(microstate) | 46.62 |
| 111 | 16 | Bahamas, The | 44.52 |
| 112 | 17 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.42 |
| 113 | 18 | Paraguay | 44.32 |
| 116 | 19 | Guyana | 42.30 |
| 117 | 20 | El Salvador | 42.10 |
| 120 | 21 | Belize | 41.06 |
| 121 | 22 | Venezuela, RB | 40.88 |
| 125 | 23 | Suriname | 37.33 |
| 130 | 24 | Honduras | 33.83 |
| 137 | 25 | Guatemala | 31.85 |
| 138 | 26 | Nicaragua | 31.15 |
| 159 | 27 | Haiti | 23.29 |