Definition of Youth
According to the Honduras National Youth Policy, youth is defined as 12-30 years of age.
Marriageable Age
- Opposite Sex
- Same Sex
- Without parental consent
- with parental consent
- Male
- 21
- 18
- --
- Female
- 21
- 18
- --
UNSD reports that marriageable age with parental consent for females is 18, however the US State Department (2012) states that females as young as 16 can marry. No specific legislation for same-sex marriage. Source: ILGA
Candidacy Age
- Lower House
- 21 Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Upper House
- --
Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union
Unicameral.
Situation of Young People
Literacy Rates
- 96.23% Male (15-24) %
- 98.15% Female (15-24) %
- Year: 2015
- Source: UNESCO
Net Enrolment Rate
Secondary School- --Male %
- -- Female %
- Year: No data.
- Source: UNESCO
Situation of Young People
Tobacco Use
Consumed any smokeless or smoking tobacco product at least once 30 days prior to the survey.- 22.80% Male (13-15) %
- 18.20% Female (13-15) %
- Year: 2010
- Source: WHO
Policy & Legislation
There are six strategic guidelines listed in the national youth policy:
- Empowering youth and citizen engagement
- Digital inclusion and multilingual communication
- Social inclusion through sport and recreation
- Economic rights through decent work and rural development
- Access to sexual and reproductive health services
- Access to justice and building a culture of peace
Public Institutions
(ministry, department or office) that is primarily responsible for youth?
Youth and Representation
Budget & Spending
- % of GDP
- % of gov. expenditure
Source: World Bank
Additional Background
The country ranks third among Latin American countries with higher educational inequality. In the urban areas there is an illiteracy rate of 9.5%, with 6.8 average years of schooling, while in the rural areas illiteracy reaches 26.5% [...]
The country has a small proportion of young people who frequently use the Internet (16.2%). 60% of people who migrate are aged between 20 and 34 years. These young people are involved in internal and international migration. Their Preferred destinations are the United States – for 42.8% of males and 31.6% of women-, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua [...]
From the UNDP Human Development Report: Honduras 2008/2009 - From social exclusion to a youth citizenship:The youth of today has more education than previous generations. However, in 2008, still 7.2% of Honduran youth were illiterate. Secondary education at the diversified level, which should be the minimum threshold, is only possible for 25.7% of youth. 25.4% of young Hondurans do not work or study and face few possibilities of incorporating into flexible vocational training programs.
In spite of the annual average economic growth level (5.8%) experienced in the period 2003-2008, the Honduran economy has not been able to generate a sufficient number of decent employment for young Hondurans. The main labor problem of young Hondurans is not open unemployment but invisible underemployment regarded as the privileged space of employment instability.
The main cause of the international migration of young Hondurans who see the journey as an escape outlet is the precarious citizen condition characterised by, among others, unemployment and the lack of job opportunities. Being under irregular migratory conditions in a foreign land, young Hondurans cannot overcome the lack of citizenship given that their civil and political rights are constrained, even reaching the point of full denial of their rights via deportation.
…there is a comprehensive group of young Hondurans in addition to being excluded, are facing a set of risks that affect not only the quality of their lives but also threatens it seriously. The report reveals that among these risks are early pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and violence. The social risk becomes a disabling factor for the practice of youth citizen participation.