Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Honduras

Income share of the richest 20% in Honduras in 2024 — 50%. Ranked 19 in the world out of 25. Since 1989, the indicator has fallen by 9.6 pp.

2024 50% −0.8 pp vs 2023
World rank 19of 25
Period maximum 62.9%2005
Period minimum 50%2024

Trend over time

1989–2024 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Honduras, 1989–20245055606519891993199720012005200920132017202120241989: 59.6%1990: 59.9%1991: 56.7%1992: 56.9%1993: 58%1994: 59.3%1995: 59.8%1996: 59.6%1997: 57.2%1998: 60.7%1999: 58.9%2001: 58.9%2002: 59.4%2003: 61.7%2004: 61.7%2005: 62.9%2006: 60.8%2007: 60%2008: 59.2%2009: 55.4%2010: 57.1%2011: 56.7%2012: 57.4%2013: 54.3%2014: 54.5%2015: 53.8%2016: 53.9%2017: 53.7%2018: 53%2019: 52.2%2023: 50.8%2024: 50%
Change over the period: −9.6 pp Annual average: -0.27 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Honduras, by year Honduras All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 50 −0.8 pp
2023 50.8
2019 52.2 −0.8 pp
2018 53 −0.7 pp
2017 53.7 −0.2 pp
2016 53.9 +0.1 pp
2015 53.8 −0.7 pp
2014 54.5 +0.2 pp
2013 54.3 −3.1 pp
2012 57.4 +0.7 pp
2011 56.7 −0.4 pp
2010 57.1 +1.7 pp
2009 55.4 −3.8 pp
2008 59.2 −0.8 pp
2007 60 −0.8 pp
2006 60.8 −2.1 pp
2005 62.9 +1.2 pp
2004 61.7 +0 pp
2003 61.7 +2.3 pp
2002 59.4 +0.5 pp
2001 58.9
1999 58.9 −1.8 pp
1998 60.7 +3.5 pp
1997 57.2 −2.4 pp
1996 59.6 −0.2 pp
1995 59.8 +0.5 pp
1994 59.3 +1.3 pp
1993 58 +1.1 pp
1992 56.9 +0.2 pp
1991 56.7 −3.2 pp
1990 59.9 +0.3 pp
1989 59.6

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of total income or consumption that goes to the richest twenty percent of the population. Under complete equality it would be twenty percent; in the most unequal countries of Latin America and Southern Africa it comes to more than sixty. The ratio of this share to the share of the poorest quintile — the quintile ratio, S80/S20 — was historically the first measure of inequality, and it speaks more clearly than the Gini index about the gap between the poles.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups for the same reason as with the Gini index: the quintile of a group is not a union of national quintiles. Household surveys systematically understate the incomes of the richest, so real inequality is higher than measured.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.