Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Hungary
Hungary: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9359 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Hungary, 1970β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Hungary recorded 0.9359 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Hungary peaked at 0.9359 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6611 GPIA, in 1980.
That places Hungary 85th out of 137 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6794 GPIA | 0.6794 GPIA | 0.6794 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.6611 GPIA | 0.6611 GPIA | 0.6611 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.7247 GPIA | 0.7247 GPIA | 0.7247 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8303 GPIA | 0.7871 GPIA | 0.8934 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.8987 GPIA | 0.8828 GPIA | 0.9132 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.921 GPIA | 0.9074 GPIA | 0.9359 GPIA | 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)
- 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 upper secondary education or in Hungary?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Hungary was 0.9359 GPIA 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 0.9359 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6611 GPIA in 1980.
- How does Hungary rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Hungary ranks 85th out of 137 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 2.5%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release