Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Honduras
Honduras: Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita was 0.819 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Honduras, 1946–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 0.819 for human rights index vs. gdp per capita in 2025.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Honduras peaked at 0.821 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.221, in 1946.
Honduras ranks 68th of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 80 years of available data.
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Honduras, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 0.221 | — |
| 1947 | 0.221 | +0.0% |
| 1948 | 0.226 | +2.3% |
| 1949 | 0.246 | +8.8% |
| 1950 | 0.442 | +79.7% |
| 1951 | 0.442 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.442 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.442 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.427 | -3.4% |
| 1955 | 0.406 | -4.9% |
| 1956 | 0.402 | -1.0% |
| 1957 | 0.44 | +9.5% |
| 1958 | 0.479 | +8.9% |
| 1959 | 0.474 | -1.0% |
| 1960 | 0.488 | +3.0% |
| 1961 | 0.479 | -1.8% |
| 1962 | 0.484 | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 0.426 | -12.0% |
| 1964 | 0.311 | -27.0% |
| 1965 | 0.31 | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 0.31 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.31 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.295 | -4.8% |
| 1969 | 0.295 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.293 | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 0.298 | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.296 | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 0.296 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.296 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.296 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.3 | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 0.302 | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.291 | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 0.289 | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 0.364 | +26.0% |
| 1981 | 0.431 | +18.4% |
| 1982 | 0.424 | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 0.429 | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.429 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.433 | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.464 | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 0.467 | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.476 | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.486 | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.608 | +25.1% |
| 1991 | 0.642 | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 0.655 | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.652 | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.7 | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 0.727 | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 0.732 | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.74 | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.747 | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.748 | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.748 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.768 | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.768 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.783 | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.783 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.782 | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.797 | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.799 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.796 | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.653 | -18.0% |
| 2010 | 0.714 | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 0.731 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 0.744 | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.781 | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 0.782 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.76 | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 0.751 | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.731 | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 0.792 | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 0.785 | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.791 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.773 | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 0.811 | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 0.82 | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 0.821 | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 0.819 | -0.2% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 0.819 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.645, 1.3× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 0.819 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.819, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | +79.7% | 0.246 | 0.442 |
| 1964 | -27.0% | 0.426 | 0.311 |
| 1980 | +26.0% | 0.289 | 0.364 |
| 1990 | +25.1% | 0.486 | 0.608 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.2285 | 0.221 | 0.246 | 4 |
| 1950s | 0.4396 | 0.402 | 0.479 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.3708 | 0.295 | 0.488 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2957 | 0.289 | 0.302 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4403 | 0.364 | 0.486 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6951 | 0.608 | 0.748 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7677 | 0.653 | 0.799 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7571 | 0.714 | 0.792 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8058 | 0.773 | 0.821 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More economy & growth data for Honduras
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.52 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.94 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 65.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0028 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 10.1 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 57.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 7.37 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0163 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Honduras?
- Human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Honduras was 0.819 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 0.821 in 2024.
- What is the lowest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.221 in 1946.
- How does Honduras rank for human rights index vs. gdp per capita?
- Honduras ranks 68th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.