Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Hungary
Hungary: Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA was 0.8765 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Hungary, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Hungary recorded 0.8765 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Hungary peaked at 0.8765 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2839 LPIA, in 1970.
That places Hungary 35th out of 105 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Hungary, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2839 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.7488 LPIA | +163.8% |
| 2004 | 0.837 LPIA | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 0.818 LPIA | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8429 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8508 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8509 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8385 LPIA | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.8372 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8633 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8577 LPIA | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.861 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8548 LPIA | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8502 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.861 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8661 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.8673 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.8491 LPIA | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.8683 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8599 LPIA | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.875 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.8765 LPIA | +0.2% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 0.8765 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9002 LPIA, 97% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 0.8765 LPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9132 LPIA, 96% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Hungary changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +163.8% | 0.2839 LPIA | 0.7488 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2839 LPIA | 0.2839 LPIA | 0.2839 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8267 LPIA | 0.7488 LPIA | 0.8509 LPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.8568 LPIA | 0.8372 LPIA | 0.8673 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8699 LPIA | 0.8599 LPIA | 0.8765 LPIA | 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 upper secondary education or in Hungary?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Hungary was 0.8765 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8765 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2839 LPIA in 1970.
- How does Hungary rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Hungary ranks 35th out of 105 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release