Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Hungary
Hungary: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9851 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Hungary, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Hungary recorded 0.9851 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Hungary peaked at 0.9851 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8701 LPIA, in 2001.
That places Hungary 23rd out of 95 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Hungary, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.8992 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.8701 LPIA | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9103 LPIA | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9661 LPIA | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9673 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9735 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.9748 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9764 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9643 LPIA | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9604 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9683 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9757 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9724 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9721 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9771 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9779 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9816 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9851 LPIA | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8992 LPIA | 0.8992 LPIA | 0.8992 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9155 LPIA | 0.8701 LPIA | 0.9661 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.9705 LPIA | 0.9604 LPIA | 0.9764 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9804 LPIA | 0.9771 LPIA | 0.9851 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.89 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 102.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Hungary?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Hungary was 0.9851 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9851 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8701 LPIA in 2001.
- How does Hungary rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Hungary ranks 23rd out of 95 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release