Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Hungary
Hungary: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.5% in 2023. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Hungary, 2013β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Hungary stood at 0.5%.
That represents a change of up 46.1% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Hungary peaked at 0.8% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2022.
Hungary ranks 40th of 67 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
- 37 Bahrain, Kingdom of 0.6% compare
- 38 Lithuania 0.6% compare
- 39 Serbia, Republic of 0.6% compare
- 41 Georgia 0.5% compare
- 42 Italy 0.5% compare
- 43 North Macedonia, Republic of 0.4% compare
More education data for Hungary
- 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)
- School enrollment, primary 102.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (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 0.5% 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 0.8% in 2015.
- 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 40th out of 67 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 5.4%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release