Education
Education in the everyday sense is the transfer of knowledge, in the course of which a greater amount of theoretical and practical knowledge is taught to a person or a group within a usually regular, institutionalised framework. Education statistics includes measuring the educational level and qualifications of the population, assessing the performance of initial education (until 2011 public education) and tertiary educational institutions, publishing data on human and financial resources of education, and monitoring the lifelong learning process of the individual (workplace training and adult education).
Key figures
Expenditure on education of the budgetary institutions as a percentage of GDP
Indicator description
Share of budgetary expenditures on education in the gross domestic product. Budgetary expenditure on education includes kindergarten, primary, secondary, tertiary education, other education and other expenditure related to education.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2023
Share of participants in formal education in the 3–22 year-old population
Indicator description
The indicator shows the share of the population aged 3–22 who take part in initial full-time education and training.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2023/2024
Share of population aged 25–64 participating in education, training
Indicator description
In the population aged 25–64, the share of those who participated in formal or informal education or training in the 12 months prior to the interview.
Source of data:
Adult education (preliminary) statistical reflection (Hungarian)
Last data for period: 2016
Share of young people with tertiary educational attainment
Indicator description
In the population aged 25–34, the share of those who have tertiary educational attainment.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2023
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Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2023
The yearbook provides an overview of Hungary's demographic, social and economic processes, environmental characteristics and their changes over time, with the help of tens of thousands of data of 500 tables, graphs and maps. Innovatively, the Tourism, catering chapter in the volume includes the gross receipts of tourist accommodation establishments by type of accommodation. Another change is that this year the Regional data chapter already presents territorial data by tourism area, giving greater emphasis to tourist destinations.
Snapshots, 2023 - Education
In the 2023/2024 school year, 1,681 thousand children and young people participate in the different levels of full-time initial, vocational and tertiary education in Hungary. Compared to the previous school year, the number of kindergarten children and tertiary education students has increased, the number of primary school students has decreased, while the number of students in secondary institutions has essentially remained unchanged. A total of 218 thousand people participate in part-time education.
Educational data, 2023/2024 (preliminary data)
In the 2023/2024 school year, 1.9 million students participate in the different levels of initial, vocational and tertiary education in Hungary. Compared to the previous school year, the number of kindergarten children as well as students in secondary schools and tertiary educational institutions increased, while that of students in primary schools decreased. Compared to a year earlier, nearly 29 thousand more students continue their studies in secondary educational institutions in part-time education due to a large increase in the number of students in vocational schools and technicums.
Settlement related data regarding 2022 are presented here
Datasets from the Dissemination Database regarding settlements have been updated with 2022 data, as such settlement related data for 2022 are available since 31 August, concerning data on tertiary education.
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Methodological information
Release and revision calendarPublication repertory
Census data |
Census |
|---|---|
| National regional data | Population census 2011 |
| 4. Educational attainment data | Microcensus 2016 |
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