Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Honduras
Honduras: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 90.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic 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 %.
Analysis
Honduras recorded 90.3% for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Honduras peaked at 90.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 76.9%, in 2000.
Honduras ranks 100th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 76.9% | — |
| 2001 | 77.5% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 78.1% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 78.7% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 79.2% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 79.8% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 80.3% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 80.9% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 81.4% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 82.0% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 82.5% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 83.1% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 83.6% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 84.2% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 84.7% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 85.3% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 85.8% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 86.3% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 86.9% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 87.4% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 88.0% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 88.5% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 89.1% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 89.7% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 90.3% | +0.7% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 90.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 75.4%, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 90.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 93.3%, 97% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 79.5% | 76.9% | 82.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.0% | 82.5% | 87.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.1% | 88.0% | 90.3% | 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)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Honduras?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Honduras was 90.3% 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 share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 90.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.9% in 2000.
- How does Honduras rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Honduras ranks 100th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.