Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Hungary
Hungary: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 98.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Hungary, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Hungary stood at 98.9%.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Hungary peaked at 99.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 80.5%, in 1970.
That places Hungary 8th out of 134 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 80.5% | 80.5% | 80.5% | 1 |
| 1980s | 87.5% | 87.5% | 87.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 94.5% | 87.3% | 97.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 97.7% | 96.6% | 98.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.7% | 98.2% | 99.2% | 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 98.9% 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 99.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.5% in 1970.
- How does Hungary rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Hungary ranks 8th out of 134 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 0.6%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release