Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile in Honduras

Honduras: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile was 3.2% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
3.2%
Change on year
down 31.6%
World rank
33rd
of 34 countries
All-time high
6.5%
in 2010
All-time low
1.9%
in 2015
Years of data
10
2008–2019

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile in Honduras, 2008–2019

234562008201320192008: 4.32009: 42010: 6.52011: 5.52013: 5.62015: 1.92016: 2.72017: 2.12018: 4.62019: 3.2

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Honduras recorded 3.2% for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 31.6% on the previous year and down 20.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile in Honduras peaked at 6.5% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 2015.

Honduras ranks 33rd of 34 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile in Honduras, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Honduras, 2008 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2008 4.3%
2009 4.0% -6.5%
2010 6.5% +62.9%
2011 5.5% -15.3%
2013 5.6% +2.8%
2015 1.9% -67.1%
2016 2.7% +45.1%
2017 2.1% -21.3%
2018 4.6% +118.6%
2019 3.2% -31.6%

Honduras compared with similar countries

  • Honduras's 3.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9.2%, 35% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
  • Honduras's 3.2% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 17.0%, 19% of the median. (15 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 4.1% 4.0% 4.3% 2
2010s 4.0% 1.9% 6.5% 8

Countries ranked near Honduras

  1. 30 Côte d'Ivoire 8.5% compare
  2. 31 Peru 8.0% compare
  3. 32 Paraguay 5.6% compare
  4. 34 El Salvador 3.0% compare

See the full ranking of 34 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile in Honduras?
Poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile in Honduras was 3.2% in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile recorded in Honduras?
The highest recorded value was 6.5% in 2010.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile recorded in Honduras?
The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 2015.
How does Honduras rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile?
Honduras ranks 33rd out of 34 countries with data for 2019.
Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile rising or falling in Honduras?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Honduras data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
34 places, 347 data points, 2002–2023
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