Human Development & Quality of Life in Honduras
Human Development
UNDP places Honduras at rank 139 with a 2023 HDI of 0.645, a medium human development result. What makes the country profile more informative than the rank alone is that the planetary-pressure adjustment is limited at 3.9%, leaving PHDI at 0.620. Separately, the gender-development lens adds GDI 0.964 in UNDP group 2, which is kept separate from the headline HDI.
What sits inside Honduras's HDI
The 2023 HDI profile for Honduras rests on life expectancy of 72.9, schooling measures of 10.2 expected years and 7.5 mean years, plus GNI per capita of $6,065 in 2021 PPP dollars. The page keeps those components visible so the composite index is not read in isolation. For the evidence on this page, keep the observation year attached before comparing it with a quality-of-life observation.
Inequality changes the headline
When reading this profile, IHDI is the HDI after allowing for unequal distribution of achievement, for Honduras, it remains an objective development measure rather than a subjective well-being indicator.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Alongside the headline HDI, the published data for Honduras include GDI 0.964, GII 0.437, PHDI 0.620. Each measure has a different definition, so they are not combined.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
The OECD comparison used here does not provide a life-satisfaction observation that this Honduras page can reproduce. The absence of a published observation is preserved explicitly. When the indicator is reused, read the value with its stated unit instead of collapsing separate dimensions into one label.
What Honduras's numbers say together
Honduras's non-headline measures include IHDI 0.496 with a 23.1% loss; PHDI 0.620 after a 3.9% adjustment; GDI 0.964. Each measure has a different definition, so they are not combined.
For the current profile, the headline UNDP result for Honduras is HDI 0.645, rank 139, for 2023. Broader quality-of-life indicators remain outside that index.
The IHDI is 0.496, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 23.1% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.964 in group 2; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.620, with a 3.9% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Honduras's HDI?
For Honduras, the 2025 UNDP report publishes a 2023 HDI value of 0.645 and rank 139.
How does inequality affect Honduras's HDI?
IHDI for Honduras is 0.496 in the 2023 table. That represents a 23.1% reduction from the headline development index. When looking across the UNDP tables, distinguish the composite from its components because a composite score cannot explain every outcome on its own.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
A quality-of-life indicator is included for Honduras only when a dated comparable value is supported by the cited dataset. A missing source value is shown as unavailable. For the profile as a whole, preserve the source's country coverage instead of collapsing separate dimensions into one label.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. Quality of life is broader than the HDI framework, which centres on health, education and income. A life-satisfaction result is not an input to HDI and remains a separate quality-of-life signal.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.