Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male in Hungary
Hungary: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male was 0.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Hungary, 2013–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Hungary is 0.7%, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 62.9% on the previous year and up 31.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Hungary peaked at 0.9% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2022.
Hungary ranks 36th of 64 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male in Hungary, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.5% | — |
| 2014 | 0.8% | +47.1% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | +11.2% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -15.1% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +7.2% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -18.5% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -36.8% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | +62.9% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 0.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.1%, 65% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 0.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9%, 77% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More education data for Hungary
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 97.32 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 97.19 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 78,564 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 6,790 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 163,967 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 150,126 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 815,267 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 384,692 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9656 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Hungary?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Hungary was 0.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2018.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2022.
- How does Hungary rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Hungary ranks 36th out of 64 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Hungary data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release