Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Honduras

23.5% of people in Honduras lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1989.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1989 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Honduras, 2024 23.5% % of population
Change from 2023 −3.1percentage points 2023: 26.6%
World, 2024 18.2% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Honduras over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period HondurasWorld
2024 23.5% 18.2%
2023 26.6% 19.3%
2022 – 20.5%
2021 – 21.4%
2020 – 22.1%
2019 28.4% –
2018 29.2% 22.3%
2017 29.1% 23.6%
2016 30.1% 24.9%
2015 30.6% 26.3%
2014 31.1% 27.9%
2013 31.2% 29.3%
2012 35.3% 32.0%
2011 29.8% 33.6%
2010 29.5% 35.8%
2009 27.5% 38.1%
2008 30.5% 39.3%
2007 32.2% 40.5%
2006 37.0% 42.2%
2005 41.6% 43.7%
2004 44.4% 45.4%
2003 45.3% 47.2%
2002 40.4% 48.6%
2001 35.7% 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.1 percentage points from 26.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2011, when it was 29.8%, the figure has changed by −6.3 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 18.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.LMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1989 to 2024 for Honduras
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform