Gracias A Dios: population, poverty, jobs, income, education and health
Gracias A Dios is a department of Honduras, number 17 of 18 by population. INE estimates Gracias A Dios had 110,288 residents in 2023, 1.1% of Honduras's 9,745,149, making it 2nd smallest of 18 departments by population.
In depth
- Economy, jobs and prices in Gracias A Dios: Gracias A Dios had an unemployment rate of 10.8% in 2023 (3,506 unemployed among a labour force of 32,368), above the national figure of 6.8%; this is the highest of 18 departments.
- Health in Gracias A Dios: Life expectancy at birth in Gracias A Dios was 76.0 years in INE's 2022 estimate (72.5 for men, 79.5 for women), against 77.1 nationally, ranking joint 4th lowest of 18 departments.
- Education in Gracias A Dios: People aged 15 and over in Gracias A Dios had an average of 6.9 years of schooling in 2023, ranking joint 6th highest of 18 departments.
- Poverty and living standards in Gracias A Dios: 78.1% of households in Gracias A Dios were poor in 2023 (15,103 of 19,341 households with declared income), above the figure for all 18 departments combined of 63.4% and is the highest of 18 departments.
How urban is Gracias A Dios?
42.9% of the people of Gracias A Dios lived in urban areas in 2023 (the national figure is 55.7%), ranking 9th most urbanised of 18 departments; 47,279 people were urban and 63,009 rural.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE), Honduras · saved copyWhat is the population density of Gracias A Dios?
Gracias A Dios had 6 people per square kilometre in 2023 against 87 nationally, ranking the least densely populated of 18 departments.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE), Honduras · saved copyHow many men and women live in Gracias A Dios?
There were 87.2 men for every 100 women in Gracias A Dios in 2023 (51,361 men and 58,927 women), compared with 89.0 nationally.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE), Honduras · saved copyHow many people of working age live in Gracias A Dios?
66,038 people in Gracias A Dios were of working age (15 and over) in 2023, 59.9% of its population; the national share is 71.9%.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE), Honduras · saved copyHow many people live in a household in Gracias A Dios?
Households in Gracias A Dios had an average of 5.6 members in 2023 against 3.8 nationally, ranking the largest of 18 departments; there were 19,624 households in total.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE), Honduras · saved copyHow departments are governed in Honduras
Departments (18). Governor appointed by the president. Represents central government; no functions or funds of its own.
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Other departments of Honduras
- Cortes 1,886,695
- Francisco Morazan 1,748,900
- Yoro 655,445
- Olancho 602,876
- Comayagua 593,521
- Paraiso 517,966
- Atlantida 508,228
- Choluteca 491,525
- Santa Barbara 490,072
- Copan 430,958
- Lempira 382,378
- Colon 360,498
- Intibuca 279,111
- La Paz 235,599
- Valle 196,412
- Ocotepeque 174,179
- Islas De Bahia 80,498
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE), Honduras: Principales indicadores demograficos 2022: tables by department (INE population projections 2014-2030), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 4d62fb0ba85b…)
- Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE), Honduras: Encuesta Permanente de Hogares de Propositos Multiples (EPHPM) 2023, consolidated four-quarter base: results by department, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 84490a09493a…)
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