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2024
global knowledge index
Honduras
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):68.854
- Population:10,644,851
- HDI:0.624
115/141
Gki
Score
37.2
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Honduras is a weak performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 115th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 19th out of the 24 countries with medium human development.
Areas of Strength
- Academic freedom
- Ratio of medium-skill TVET occupations earnings to average wage
- Labour force participation rate with short-cycle tertiary education
- Share of students enrolled in secondary vocational programmes
- Researchers in higher education (%)
Areas of Improvement
- Intellectual property receipts (% total trade)
- Industrial design applications (per 100 billion GDP)
- Extent of corporate transparency
- Poverty headcount ratio (% population)
- GERD per researcher
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
115
43.63
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
45
55.99
Higher
Education
88
40.8
Research, Development
and Innovation
130
19.27
Information and
Communications Technology
120
30.58
Economy
122
41.31
Enabling
Environment
117
42.83
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GKI Pillars
