This report was published by the Secretaría de Coordinación General de Gobierno or Secretariat for the General Coordination of Government (SCGG) of the Republic of Honduras with involvement from the Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE), Secretaría de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (SEDIS), Gabinete de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (GDIS), Centro Nacional de Información del Sector Social (CENISS) and OPHI. The results are based on data from the 2013 Multi-Purpose Household Survey.

• Citation: SCGG (2016). Evolucion Indice de Pobreza Multidimensional-Honduras 2012-2016

Poverty Cut-Off: A person is considered poor if they are deprived in 50% or more of the 15 weighted indicators.  

The annual global MPI produced by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative in partnership with the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme is an internationally comparable index of acute multidimensional poverty. OPHI publishes Country Briefings summarising poverty statistics of the global MPI for each country.     

Visit the most recent Global MPI Country Briefing for Honduras based on MICS year 2019. 

Official institution responsible for poverty statistics  

• Secretaría de Coordinación General de Gobierno or Secretariat for the General Coordination of Government (SCGG) of the Republic of Honduras
• Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) 

Dimensions articles  

• Honduras uses a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index for policy targeting | MPPN
• Honduras launches innovative transfer program in response to COVID-19 | MPPN

Events

• 27 September 2015 | Intervention by H.E. Mr. Juan Orlando Hernández, President of Honduras at UNGA 70 Side Event 
• 22 September 2016 | Intervention by H.E. Ana García Hernández, First Lady of Honduras, on behalf of H.E. Juan Orlando Hernández, President of Honduras at UNGA 71 Side Event
• 19 September 2017 | Intervention by host H.E. Juan Orlando Hernández, President of Honduras  at UNGA 72 Side Event
• 25 September 2018 | Intervention by H.E. Juan Orlando Hernández, President of Honduras at UNGA 73 Side Event 

VNRs   

• July 2020 | II INFORME NACIONAL VOLUNTARIO DE LA AGENDA 2030: DE LA RECUPERACIÓN AL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
• July 2017 | Examen Nacional Para La Revisión Voluntaria Agenda 2030