Drinking water services in Honduras
Honduras: Drinking water services was 5,020 people in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Drinking water services in Honduras, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for drinking water services in Honduras is 5,020 people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 53.8% on the previous year and down 92.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drinking water services in Honduras peaked at 128,184 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5,020 people, in 2024.
Honduras ranks 97th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Drinking water services in Honduras, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 128,184 people | — |
| 2001 | 125,398 people | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 122,091 people | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 118,529 people | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 114,739 people | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 110,745 people | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 106,542 people | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 102,152 people | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 97,588 people | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 92,860 people | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 87,967 people | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 82,926 people | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 77,753 people | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 72,464 people | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 67,062 people | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 61,570 people | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 55,994 people | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 50,341 people | -10.1% |
| 2018 | 44,621 people | -11.4% |
| 2019 | 38,839 people | -13.0% |
| 2020 | 32,987 people | -15.1% |
| 2021 | 27,068 people | -17.9% |
| 2022 | 21,118 people | -22.0% |
| 2023 | 10,863 people | -48.6% |
| 2024 | 5,020 people | -53.8% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 5,020 people is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 261,824 people, 2% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 5,020 people is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 655.48 people, 7.7× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Drinking water services 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -53.8% | 10,863 people | 5,020 people |
| 2023 | -48.6% | 21,118 people | 10,863 people |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 111,883 people | 92,860 people | 128,184 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 63,954 people | 38,839 people | 87,967 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,411 people | 5,020 people | 32,987 people | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More environment data for Honduras
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.6894 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.9224 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.224 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.03 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.0307 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is drinking water services in Honduras?
- Drinking water services in Honduras was 5,020 people in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest drinking water services recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 128,184 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest drinking water services recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,020 people in 2024.
- How does Honduras rank for drinking water services?
- Honduras ranks 97th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is drinking water services rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 92.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Honduras data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Drinking water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of people using drinking water directly collected from surface waters.