People not using improved drinking water sources in Honduras
Honduras: People not using improved drinking water sources was 348,812 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
People not using improved drinking water sources 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 people not using improved drinking water sources in Honduras is 348,812 people, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.8% on the previous year and down 47.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people not using improved drinking water sources in Honduras peaked at 931,643 people in 2000 and was at its lowest, 348,812 people, in 2024.
Honduras ranks 73rd of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
People not using improved drinking water sources in Honduras, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 931,643 people | — |
| 2001 | 923,112 people | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 911,374 people | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 897,948 people | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 882,969 people | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 866,560 people | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 848,656 people | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 829,369 people | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 808,758 people | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 786,868 people | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 763,621 people | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 739,110 people | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 713,434 people | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 686,671 people | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 658,813 people | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 630,002 people | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 600,273 people | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 569,643 people | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 538,177 people | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 505,887 people | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 472,606 people | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 438,259 people | -7.3% |
| 2022 | 404,014 people | -7.8% |
| 2023 | 374,310 people | -7.4% |
| 2024 | 348,812 people | -6.8% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 348,812 people is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 912,712 people, 38% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 348,812 people is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,163 people, 83.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 868,726 people | 786,868 people | 931,643 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 640,563 people | 505,887 people | 763,621 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 407,600 people | 348,812 people | 472,606 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 people not using improved drinking water sources in Honduras?
- People not using improved drinking water sources in Honduras was 348,812 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 people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 931,643 people in 2000.
- What is the lowest people not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 348,812 people in 2024.
- How does Honduras rank for people not using improved drinking water sources?
- Honduras ranks 73rd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 People not using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people not using improved drinking water sources. These people might use surface water sources or unprotected springs or wells, as no safe and reliable improved drinking water source is available to them.