Employers, female (% of female employment) in Honduras
Honduras: Employers, female (% of female employment) was 7.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Honduras, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for employers, female (% of female employment) in Honduras is 7.2%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, female (% of female employment) in Honduras peaked at 7.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 1991.
That places Honduras 8th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, female (% of female employment) in Honduras, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 4.2% | — |
| 1992 | 4.2% | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 4.3% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 4.3% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 4.4% | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 4.4% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 4.5% | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 4.5% | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 4.6% | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 4.7% | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 4.8% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 4.8% | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 4.9% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 4.9% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 5.0% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 5.3% | +7.5% |
| 2007 | 5.8% | +9.3% |
| 2008 | 6.0% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 6.0% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 5.9% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 5.3% | -9.3% |
| 2012 | 6.2% | +17.2% |
| 2013 | 5.9% | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 6.0% | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 4.9% | -18.9% |
| 2016 | 6.5% | +32.0% |
| 2017 | 6.2% | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 6.4% | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 7.1% | +10.8% |
| 2020 | 7.3% | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 7.3% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 7.2% | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 7.1% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 7.2% | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 7.2% | +0.6% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 7.2% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.7%, 4.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 7.2% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.4%, 3.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, female (% of female employment) in Honduras changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +32.0% | 4.9% | 6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.4% | 4.2% | 4.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 5.2% | 4.7% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.0% | 4.9% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 7.1% | 7.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 5 Sao Tome and Principe 8.6% compare
- 6 Tonga 8.4% compare
- 7 Uzbekistan 8.3% compare
- 9 Ghana 6.8% compare
- 10 Somalia 6.2% compare
- 11 Papua New Guinea 6.0% compare
More work & labour data for Honduras
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.1079 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.0917 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.1244 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.17 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 9,793 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 3,456 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 8,495 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 8,535 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 17,030 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, female (% of female employment) in Honduras?
- Employers, female (% of female employment) in Honduras was 7.2% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 7.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest employers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 1991.
- How does Honduras rank for employers, female (% of female employment)?
- Honduras ranks 8th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).