Employers, total (% of total employment) in Honduras
Honduras: Employers, total (% of total employment) was 10.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Honduras, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for employers, total (% of total employment) in Honduras is 10.2%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, total (% of total employment) in Honduras peaked at 11.8% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 8.2%, in 2015.
That places Honduras 6th 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, total (% of total employment) in Honduras, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 9.2% | — |
| 1992 | 9.3% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 9.3% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 9.2% | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 9.3% | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 9.3% | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 9.2% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 9.2% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 9.3% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 9.2% | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 9.2% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 9.1% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 9.1% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 9.1% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 9.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9.4% | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 11.3% | +19.6% |
| 2008 | 11.2% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 11.1% | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 11.8% | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 9.7% | -17.7% |
| 2012 | 10.1% | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 11.3% | +11.3% |
| 2014 | 10.0% | -11.7% |
| 2015 | 8.2% | -17.9% |
| 2016 | 9.5% | +16.4% |
| 2017 | 10.1% | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 10.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10.3% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 10.2% | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 10.3% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 10.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 10.3% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 10.2% | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 10.2% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.2% | 9.2% | 9.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 9.8% | 9.1% | 11.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.1% | 8.2% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.2% | 10.2% | 10.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 3 Timor-Leste 16.2% compare
- 4 Azerbaijan 13.1% compare
- 5 Uzbekistan 12.1% compare
- 7 Angola 9.6% compare
- 8 Sao Tome and Principe 9.0% compare
- 9 Lebanon 9.0% 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, total (% of total employment) in Honduras?
- Employers, total (% of total employment) in Honduras was 10.2% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 11.8% in 2010.
- What is the lowest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2% in 2015.
- How does Honduras rank for employers, total (% of total employment)?
- Honduras ranks 6th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.2%. 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, total (% of total 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).