2.1.25. Economically inactive population by highest educational qualification and sex*

(thousand persons)

< >
Period, quarters Less than 8 grades of primary school 8 grades of primary education Secondary education without G. C. E. and with qualification Secondary education with G. C. E. Tertiary education Total
and without qualification and with qualification bachelor or equivalent master or equivalenta
Total
2006 Q1 253.5 1 655.4 472.1 448.9 435.4 139.1 98.8 3 503.3
Q2 247.1 1 637.9 453.4 448.1 432.5 149.2 106.7 3 474.9
Q3 237.3 1 619.8 455.9 444.9 434.5 152.2 108.6 3 453.1
Q4 217.2 1 618.5 457.2 448.4 441.7 158.3 109.4 3 450.7
2007 Q1 212.7 1 637.6 478.9 457.8 440.7 162.2 110.3 3 500.1
Q2 208.7 1 617.8 489.5 469.6 432.5 168.6 106.0 3 492.6
Q3 198.6 1 585.7 499.1 460.9 446.7 175.8 105.6 3 472.5
Q4 191.5 1 574.7 510.9 478.1 456.2 176.1 105.0 3 492.5
2008 Q1 191.4 1 581.3 532.1 487.8 462.6 185.5 110.4 3 550.9
Q2 196.5 1 570.9 523.2 485.5 462.7 187.2 107.4 3 533.4
Q3 188.1 1 537.7 516.9 467.9 466.7 190.1 106.6 3 474.1
Q4 186.0 1 550.0 522.2 468.0 476.0 188.2 112.0 3 502.5
2009 Q1 178.6 1 556.1 534.8 493.1 479.1 183.7 118.3 3 543.8
Q2 179.0 1 536.0 532.7 481.3 474.5 189.5 120.2 3 513.2
Q3 168.7 1 497.8 531.4 479.7 497.5 190.4 129.1 3 494.7
Q4 155.1 1 501.6 539.0 489.8 488.9 191.6 124.7 3 490.8
2010 Q1 152.0 1 502.3 551.6 487.7 492.9 182.0 126.6 3 495.0
Q2 151.4 1 482.3 546.1 480.6 492.1 187.2 125.0 3 464.7
Q3 138.0 1 449.8 537.6 483.8 502.3 192.4 127.3 3 431.1
Q4 134.2 1 450.2 545.5 493.5 502.3 202.1 124.7 3 452.6
2011 Q1 135.3 1 470.3 557.4 487.7 501.9 199.4 124.1 3 476.0
Q2 136.2 1 454.6 555.0 473.7 495.6 195.4 121.5 3 432.1
Q3 130.5 1 411.8 555.8 470.5 493.5 201.6 128.7 3 392.4
Q4 123.5 1 409.6 552.2 478.9 489.4 209.7 133.5 3 396.8
2012 Q1 122.0 1 399.1 565.2 470.8 493.9 217.4 133.3 3 401.7
Q2 124.0 1 375.9 559.5 448.5 489.9 209.8 136.1 3 343.7
Q3 111.3 1 334.6 549.9 457.0 486.9 219.3 132.4 3 291.2
Q4 114.7 1 350.4 569.0 445.6 476.9 215.8 132.7 3 305.0
2013 Q1 119.3 1 361.1 590.6 443.5 479.5 228.4 132.8 3 355.0
Q2 115.6 1 309.4 568.6 453.3 474.1 228.9 134.1 3 284.0
Q3 106.0 1 256.8 572.4 476.2 460.5 232.1 131.4 3 235.4
Q4 110.0 1 239.8 588.8 474.1 453.8 229.4 133.3 3 229.3
2014 Q1 106.9 1 221.4 585.0 456.3 449.7 228.7 137.8 3 185.9
Q2 105.7 1 187.4 575.9 456.3 450.1 232.0 135.7 3 143.0
Q3 94.5 1 143.9 555.1 476.7 444.6 236.3 137.5 3 088.5
Q4 101.2 1 154.2 567.8 472.8 431.2 240.5 131.2 3 098.9
2015 Q1 105.5 1 152.4 568.1 469.2 430.0 233.2 124.7 3 083.1
Q2 105.2 1 112.7 560.9 467.5 416.3 238.7 127.1 3 028.4
Q3 89.9 1 069.5 554.7 492.3 411.2 233.5 128.0 2 979.0
Q4 97.0 1 066.5 561.0 483.6 422.0 229.3 128.5 2 987.9
2016 Q1 102.8 1 089.7 574.7 466.4 413.7 219.1 114.1 2 980.6
Q2 93.1 1 062.1 570.3 461.7 410.4 216.3 117.1 2 931.0
Q3 81.3 1 025.9 567.0 463.3 413.9 216.5 122.2 2 890.0
Q4 80.0 1 017.3 570.1 459.9 413.2 220.6 122.6 2 883.7
2017 Q1 88.6 1 007.9 588.3 464.7 409.1 231.7 119.1 2 909.3
Q2 94.3 984.7 580.6 441.3 399.3 232.6 116.3 2 849.1
Q3 76.7 962.3 570.6 460.3 403.4 221.0 118.5 2 812.9
Q4 81.8 948.0 569.8 461.4 405.8 222.3 128.6 2 817.7
2018 Q1 88.1 946.8 572.9 462.2 409.1 218.9 125.4 2 823.3
Q2 90.9 938.4 560.2 452.1 399.9 222.8 132.3 2 796.4
Q3 74.1 904.3 558.5 457.1 417.6 217.4 137.8 2 766.7
Q4 77.9 903.8 560.5 448.5 421.5 219.6 144.1 2 775.8
2019 Q1 82.1 923.7 543.4 442.7 404.7 214.2 146.4 2 757.3
Q2 87.4 915.7 539.0 452.2 410.3 213.4 137.0 2 755.0
Q3 73.5 902.1 520.3 472.7 402.0 215.9 149.7 2 736.3
Q4 72.4 895.4 533.7 472.4 398.1 218.6 149.6 2 740.2
2020 Q1 77.0 929.3 537.0 453.5 396.2 222.7 156.9 2 772.7
Q2 71.7 877.8 550.2 446.7 432.6 242.7 165.7 2 787.3
Q3 71.1 881.0 535.5 442.7 388.3 232.5 163.3 2 714.4
Q4 74.0 876.9 539.0 446.6 389.3 234.8 166.0 2 726.7
Of which:
male
2006 Q1 83.7 679.0 234.4 149.2 162.5 51.1 48.8 1 408.6
Q2 81.8 668.5 219.0 142.9 162.5 53.1 52.0 1 379.7
Q3 79.3 657.6 223.8 146.3 161.1 52.0 51.9 1 372.0
Q4 73.1 653.6 222.9 147.3 164.7 52.6 53.8 1 368.0
2007 Q1 73.5 658.5 238.5 155.7 163.6 50.9 54.6 1 395.3
Q2 70.9 649.8 236.8 158.2 160.3 54.5 53.7 1 384.2
Q3 69.1 633.6 243.0 158.0 164.6 55.4 55.3 1 378.9
Q4 68.2 634.1 254.2 164.3 170.5 55.2 53.5 1 399.9
2008 Q1 65.8 639.6 266.5 169.8 177.2 57.6 56.0 1 432.5
Q2 71.6 629.1 256.4 169.3 172.2 59.9 53.7 1 412.2
Q3 65.9 615.6 252.4 162.0 175.9 61.5 53.7 1 387.1
Q4 66.8 625.1 257.7 168.6 181.8 62.5 54.7 1 417.2
2009 Q1 62.9 633.0 270.4 172.5 180.6 63.2 55.7 1 438.4
Q2 65.5 617.5 270.4 165.8 175.7 63.7 54.9 1 413.4
Q3 60.7 604.5 270.2 166.5 185.1 63.4 59.3 1 409.5
Q4 56.5 602.4 281.8 175.1 182.0 64.3 55.6 1 417.6
2010 Q1 56.2 607.3 301.5 168.6 186.9 61.8 57.6 1 439.8
Q2 56.4 596.4 294.8 163.7 186.1 60.8 60.3 1 418.5
Q3 50.3 578.0 289.6 170.6 193.4 62.5 60.7 1 405.2
Q4 49.1 581.0 292.7 172.4 196.0 64.8 58.8 1 414.9
2011 Q1 52.4 592.7 301.4 167.2 192.6 64.0 57.5 1 427.8
Q2 54.8 579.3 297.5 161.5 195.4 60.5 54.8 1 403.9
Q3 50.4 559.6 296.6 157.5 191.3 63.2 57.9 1 376.6
Q4 46.5 564.1 296.5 164.5 188.5 68.3 60.7 1 389.2
2012 Q1 45.6 563.1 311.2 165.3 191.0 67.3 56.0 1 399.5
Q2 47.2 549.8 303.3 158.8 187.8 61.7 59.3 1 367.9
Q3 38.1 528.7 304.9 159.5 185.5 72.2 58.0 1 347.0
Q4 40.4 537.9 312.3 156.3 175.9 67.3 57.2 1 347.3
2013 Q1 45.5 543.0 329.5 156.3 174.4 70.6 58.2 1 377.4
Q2 44.6 514.6 310.2 159.9 166.2 70.8 60.4 1 326.6
Q3 38.9 494.5 304.2 162.7 162.9 71.8 59.1 1 294.0
Q4 42.4 495.4 313.8 160.4 159.5 71.3 57.9 1 300.7
2014 Q1 44.2 490.5 313.7 152.6 154.2 68.9 58.5 1 282.7
Q2 44.5 464.2 309.9 154.1 152.6 73.6 58.1 1 256.9
Q3 39.5 446.2 294.6 158.6 154.1 73.7 60.7 1 227.4
Q4 41.0 456.4 298.8 156.9 152.5 78.5 55.4 1 239.5
2015 Q1 42.3 451.7 301.0 164.0 152.2 72.2 53.7 1 237.1
Q2 41.2 432.0 299.8 159.9 144.6 68.4 54.3 1 200.1
Q3 34.4 411.0 292.0 165.1 146.7 67.3 54.7 1 171.1
Q4 37.3 408.6 295.4 162.4 149.2 65.6 56.7 1 175.2
2016 Q1 41.7 419.3 302.4 151.1 146.0 62.9 49.3 1 172.7
Q2 38.7 401.5 295.7 149.8 143.9 60.7 50.7 1 140.9
Q3 33.8 387.6 292.2 152.8 142.3 64.3 53.7 1 126.8
Q4 34.0 385.0 290.3 155.9 143.7 65.3 53.2 1 127.3
2017 Q1 41.7 379.3 303.2 154.4 140.3 66.2 51.2 1 136.4
Q2 43.4 363.0 298.7 142.2 137.1 62.2 49.8 1 096.5
Q3 33.4 350.8 286.8 154.5 140.7 61.0 53.6 1 080.8
Q4 35.2 351.6 292.1 154.3 138.4 62.4 50.4 1 084.3
2018 Q1 35.7 356.1 295.6 148.8 143.5 61.9 47.1 1 088.7
Q2 40.6 342.7 291.0 142.8 136.8 68.1 52.7 1 074.8
Q3 32.4 330.6 290.0 147.7 143.3 63.7 54.2 1 061.8
Q4 34.1 336.9 278.9 143.6 142.7 64.8 55.5 1 056.5
2019 Q1 39.1 349.3 275.8 136.6 132.3 52.7 54.3 1 040.1
Q2 38.3 347.7 274.7 146.6 136.2 47.7 55.1 1 046.4
Q3 30.7 336.7 267.9 158.6 131.3 54.3 57.3 1 036.8
Q4 31.7 342.5 273.4 158.4 132.5 51.6 49.1 1 039.2
2020 Q1 32.4 359.8 275.3 152.0 127.2 57.1 54.9 1 058.8
Q2 30.7 338.7 280.7 148.4 143.3 58.2 65.0 1 065.0
Q3 29.2 335.9 271.4 145.7 123.6 54.5 61.4 1 021.9
Q4 30.1 334.7 275.0 145.7 123.4 57.6 60.6 1 027.2
female
2006 Q1 169.8 976.4 237.7 299.7 273.0 88.0 50.1 2 094.6
Q2 165.3 969.5 234.3 305.2 270.1 96.1 54.7 2 095.2
Q3 157.9 962.2 232.1 298.6 273.4 100.2 56.7 2 081.1
Q4 144.1 964.9 234.3 301.0 277.0 105.7 55.6 2 082.7
2007 Q1 139.2 979.0 240.4 302.1 277.1 111.3 55.7 2 104.8
Q2 137.8 968.0 252.7 311.4 272.1 114.1 52.3 2 108.4
Q3 129.6 952.2 256.0 302.9 282.1 120.5 50.3 2 093.6
Q4 123.4 940.6 256.7 313.8 285.7 120.9 51.6 2 092.6
2008 Q1 125.6 941.7 265.6 318.0 285.4 127.9 54.3 2 118.5
Q2 125.0 941.8 266.8 316.2 290.4 127.3 53.7 2 121.2
Q3 122.3 922.1 264.5 305.9 290.8 128.5 52.9 2 087.0
Q4 119.2 924.9 264.5 299.4 294.2 125.7 57.3 2 085.3
2009 Q1 115.6 923.1 264.4 320.6 298.5 120.6 62.6 2 105.4
Q2 113.5 918.5 262.3 315.5 298.8 125.9 65.3 2 099.8
Q3 108.0 893.4 261.2 313.3 312.4 127.0 69.8 2 085.2
Q4 98.6 899.2 257.2 314.7 307.0 127.3 69.2 2 073.1
2010 Q1 95.7 895.0 250.1 319.1 306.0 120.2 69.0 2 055.3
Q2 95.0 885.9 251.3 316.9 306.0 126.4 64.7 2 046.2
Q3 87.7 871.8 248.0 313.1 308.9 129.9 66.6 2 025.9
Q4 85.1 869.2 252.7 321.1 306.3 137.2 65.9 2 037.7
2011 Q1 82.9 877.6 256.0 320.5 309.2 135.3 66.6 2 048.2
Q2 81.4 875.2 257.5 312.3 300.2 135.0 66.6 2 028.2
Q3 80.1 852.1 259.2 312.9 302.3 138.4 70.8 2 015.8
Q4 77.1 845.4 255.7 314.4 300.9 141.4 72.8 2 007.7
2012 Q1 76.5 836.0 254.0 305.5 302.9 150.1 77.3 2 002.2
Q2 76.8 826.1 256.2 289.7 302.1 148.1 76.8 1 975.8
Q3 73.2 805.8 244.9 297.5 301.4 147.1 74.3 1 944.2
Q4 74.3 812.5 256.7 289.3 301.0 148.5 75.5 1 957.8
2013 Q1 73.8 818.1 261.1 287.2 305.1 157.8 74.5 1 977.6
Q2 70.9 794.9 258.5 293.3 307.9 158.1 73.8 1 957.4
Q3 67.1 762.4 268.3 313.5 297.6 160.3 72.3 1 941.5
Q4 67.6 744.4 275.0 313.7 294.4 158.1 75.4 1 928.5
2014 Q1 62.7 730.9 271.3 303.7 295.5 159.8 79.3 1 903.2
Q2 61.2 723.1 266.0 302.2 297.5 158.4 77.6 1 886.1
Q3 55.1 697.7 260.4 318.1 290.5 162.6 76.8 1 861.2
Q4 60.2 697.8 269.0 316.0 278.7 162.0 75.8 1 859.4
2015 Q1 63.2 700.7 267.1 305.1 277.9 160.9 71.1 1 846.0
Q2 64.0 680.7 261.1 307.6 271.7 170.3 72.8 1 828.4
Q3 55.5 658.5 262.7 327.2 264.5 166.2 73.3 1 807.9
Q4 59.7 657.9 265.6 321.3 272.8 163.7 71.8 1 812.7
2016 Q1 61.1 670.3 272.3 315.3 267.8 156.3 64.7 1 807.9
Q2 54.4 660.6 274.7 311.9 266.5 155.6 66.4 1 790.0
Q3 47.5 638.3 274.8 310.4 271.6 152.1 68.5 1 763.2
Q4 46.0 632.3 279.8 304.1 269.5 155.3 69.4 1 756.3
2017 Q1 46.8 628.5 285.1 310.3 268.8 165.5 67.9 1 772.9
Q2 50.9 621.7 281.9 299.1 262.2 170.3 66.5 1 752.6
Q3 43.3 611.5 283.8 305.8 262.7 160.1 64.9 1 732.1
Q4 46.6 596.4 277.7 307.1 267.4 160.0 78.2 1 733.4
2018 Q1 52.5 590.7 277.3 313.3 265.6 157.0 78.3 1 734.6
Q2 50.2 595.6 269.1 309.2 263.1 154.6 79.6 1 721.6
Q3 41.7 573.7 268.5 309.4 274.3 153.8 83.5 1 704.9
Q4 43.8 566.9 281.6 304.9 278.8 154.8 88.5 1 719.3
2019 Q1 43.0 574.5 267.6 306.0 272.4 161.5 92.1 1 717.1
Q2 49.1 568.0 264.3 305.5 274.2 165.6 81.9 1 708.6
Q3 42.8 565.3 252.4 314.1 270.8 161.6 92.5 1 699.5
Q4 40.7 552.9 260.2 314.0 265.7 167.0 100.5 1 701.0
2020 Q1 44.6 569.4 261.8 301.5 269.0 165.6 102.0 1 713.8
Q2 41.0 539.1 269.5 298.4 289.3 184.5 100.7 1 722.3
Q3 41.8 545.1 264.1 297.0 264.6 178.0 101.8 1 692.5
Q4 43.9 542.2 264.0 300.9 265.9 177.3 105.3 1 699.5
*Source: labour force survey, HCSO.  aIncluding doctoral or equivalent. 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011