Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Hungary
Hungary: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total was 12.14 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Hungary, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Hungary is 12.14, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Hungary peaked at 12.14 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7.31, in 1960.
Hungary ranks 11th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Hungary, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7.31 | — |
| 1965 | 7.47 | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 7.82 | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 8.24 | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 8.69 | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 8.81 | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 8.68 | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 10.37 | +19.5% |
| 2000 | 11.24 | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 11.71 | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 12.14 | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.39 | 7.31 | 7.47 | 2 |
| 1970s | 8.03 | 7.82 | 8.24 | 2 |
| 1980s | 8.75 | 8.69 | 8.81 | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.52 | 8.68 | 10.37 | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.48 | 11.24 | 11.71 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.14 | 12.14 | 12.14 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More education data for Hungary
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 37,255 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Hungary?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total in Hungary was 12.14 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 12.14 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.31 in 1960.
- How does Hungary rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total?
- Hungary ranks 11th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 25+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 25+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 25.