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: 2021
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: 2021/2022
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: 2021
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Educational data, 2022/2023 (preliminary data)
In the 2022/2023 school year, 1.7 million children and young people participate in full-time initial, vocational and tertiary education in Hungary according to preliminary data. Compared to the previous school year, there are more children in kindergartens, fewer students in primary and secondary schools, while the number of students in tertiary education stagnates. There are 176 thousand part-time students: more students at primary and secondary level and fewer in tertiary education.
Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2021
The approximately 500 tables, graphs and maps and tens of thousands of data the Statistical Yearbook of Hungary contains give, for almost one and a half century, an overview of the social and economic processes of the country in the given year. Besides paying attention to the ever changing socio-economic environment and user demands we always strive to share new information: the health chapter broadened this year with indices regarding outpatient care, time series of healthcare expenses, life expectancy in good health and the number of Covid19 infected people.
Hungary in Figures, 2020
Our publication, also highlighting the main effects of the pandemic, gives an overview of the social and economic trends in Hungary in 2020, including a 5% drop in GDP, putting us in the middle of the EU ranking, taking into use 28,000 new homes, the highest number since 2009, a nearly threefold increase in the share of people working remotely or from home as compared to the average for the past 10 years, a 42% increase in the value of mail order and internet retailing, and fewer accidents on the roads.
Further data, referring to 2020, are available broken down by settlements
The dissemination database’s data groups for settlements and for Budapest districts were updated with further data, referring to 2020, so settlement-level 2020 data on tertiary education among others are available from 7 September.
Related themes
Publications |
Released |
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Hungary, Quarter 3 2022 | 06/02/2023 |
Educational data 2022/2023 (preliminary data) | 18/01/2023 |
Regional Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2021 | 10/01/2023 |
Release and revision calendarPublication repertory
Census data |
Census |
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National regional data | Population census 2011 |
4. Educational attainment data | Microcensus 2016 |