Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Hungary

Hungary: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 88.3% in 2023. β–² Rising

Latest (2023)
88.3%
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
14th
of 108 countries
All-time high
88.3%
in 2023
All-time low
26.0%
in 1970
Years of data
21
1970–2023

Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Hungary, 1970–2023

204060801970199620231970: 26 %2001: 61.8 %2004: 75.3 %2005: 69 %2007: 79.1 %2008: 79.8 %2009: 80 %2010: 81.1 %2011: 83 %2012: 82.5 %2013: 83.3 %2014: 78.8 %2015: 80 %2016: 80.8 %2017: 81.5 %2018: 82.8 %2019: 83.6 %2020: 84.5 %2021: 86 %2022: 87.2 %2023: 88.3 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

Hungary recorded 88.3% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Hungary peaked at 88.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 26.0%, in 1970.

That places Hungary 14th out of 108 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 26.0% 26.0% 26.0% 1
2000s 74.2% 61.8% 80.0% 6
2010s 81.7% 78.8% 83.6% 10
2020s 86.5% 84.5% 88.3% 4

Countries ranked near Hungary

  1. 11 Latvia 92.5% compare
  2. 12 Czechia 92.3% compare
  3. 13 Estonia 89.7% compare
  4. 15 Moldova 88.2% compare
  5. 16 Canada 87.5% compare
  6. 17 Bulgaria 87.4% compare

See the full ranking of 108 places β†’

More education data for Hungary

All data for Hungary β†’

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 88.3% 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 88.3% in 2023.
What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Hungary?
The lowest recorded value was 26.0% in 1970.
How does Hungary rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
Hungary ranks 14th out of 108 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 6.0%. 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, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
108 places, 1,747 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release