Name Level 2001/2002 2002/2003 2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023
of territorial units
Students
Budapest capital, regiona 36,180 38,548 38,523 38,857 39,687 40,664 41,368 40,260 39,940 40,105 38,518 38,179 36,961 35,297 33,335 32,051 31,023 32,044 31,865 32,386 32,835 33,114
Pest county, regionb 14,176 14,855 16,828 18,772 19,306 21,499 21,934 21,946 22,562 21,842 22,792 22,377 23,136 22,946 22,512 22,297 22,067 21,921 22,709 23,456 24,191 24,703
Central Hungary large regionc 50,356 53,403 55,351 57,629 58,993 62,163 63,302 62,206 62,502 61,947 61,310 60,556 60,097 58,243 55,847 54,348 53,090 53,965 54,574 55,842 57,026 57,817
Fejér county 7,029 7,314 7,880 7,986 8,286 8,655 8,612 8,555 8,315 7,949 8,109 8,073 7,684 7,290 6,677 6,350 6,192 5,988 6,079 6,042 6,083 6,191
Komárom-Esztergom county 4,822 5,418 5,227 5,500 5,567 5,803 5,827 5,805 5,656 5,616 5,552 5,433 5,321 5,007 4,739 4,447 4,328 4,256 4,232 4,219 4,332 4,257
Veszprém county 6,808 7,247 7,420 7,804 7,915 8,096 8,234 7,748 7,588 7,175 7,235 6,907 6,609 6,232 5,890 5,536 5,248 5,002 4,930 4,854 4,900 4,873
Central Transdanubia region 18,659 19,979 20,527 21,290 21,768 22,554 22,673 22,108 21,559 20,740 20,896 20,413 19,614 18,529 17,306 16,333 15,768 15,246 15,241 15,115 15,315 15,321
Győr-Moson-Sopron county 7,729 8,199 8,512 8,958 9,154 9,546 9,771 9,669 9,327 9,064 9,130 8,706 8,266 7,960 7,556 7,275 6,976 7,000 7,136 7,192 7,332 7,353
Vas county 4,554 4,775 4,992 5,341 5,390 5,555 5,635 5,181 5,438 5,173 5,189 5,089 4,894 4,725 4,505 4,291 4,067 3,875 3,897 3,860 3,873 3,846
Zala county 5,110 5,481 6,343 6,382 6,575 6,355 6,559 6,237 6,216 6,002 5,938 5,696 5,684 5,470 5,185 4,903 4,640 4,323 4,299 4,366 4,294 4,226
Western Transdanubia region 17,393 18,455 19,847 20,681 21,119 21,456 21,965 21,087 20,981 20,239 20,257 19,491 18,844 18,155 17,246 16,469 15,683 15,198 15,332 15,418 15,499 15,425
Baranya county 6,981 7,493 7,891 8,107 8,085 8,176 8,316 8,166 8,153 7,992 7,719 7,482 7,028 6,628 6,281 6,114 5,919 6,439 6,107 6,296 6,262 5,973
Somogy county 4,282 4,952 5,229 5,880 6,071 6,230 6,124 6,225 6,008 5,824 5,635 5,365 5,129 4,883 4,604 4,387 4,234 4,128 4,122 4,139 4,102 3,969
Tolna county 4,335 4,830 5,116 5,243 5,307 5,481 5,192 4,988 4,912 4,602 4,438 4,242 4,043 3,741 3,600 3,392 3,261 3,086 3,078 2,959 2,896 2,812
Southern Transdanubia region 15,598 17,275 18,236 19,230 19,463 19,887 19,632 19,379 19,073 18,418 17,792 17,089 16,200 15,252 14,485 13,893 13,414 13,653 13,307 13,394 13,260 12,754
Transdanubia large region 51,650 55,709 58,610 61,201 62,350 63,897 64,270 62,574 61,613 59,397 58,945 56,993 54,658 51,936 49,037 46,695 44,865 44,097 43,880 43,927 44,074 43,500
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county 12,855 13,441 14,417 15,059 15,257 15,652 15,136 15,089 14,627 14,067 13,632 13,446 12,604 11,974 11,142 10,544 9,935 9,438 9,278 8,991 8,799 8,495
Heves county 5,552 5,966 6,298 6,446 6,337 6,730 7,416 6,601 6,307 6,230 6,413 5,986 5,839 5,768 5,499 5,163 4,947 4,712 4,770 4,733 4,602 4,494
Nógrád county 3,815 3,669 4,206 3,584 3,719 3,971 4,067 3,971 3,823 3,660 3,486 3,676 3,214 3,020 2,815 2,681 2,518 2,383 2,340 2,254 2,187 2,055
Northern Hungary region 22,222 23,076 24,921 25,089 25,313 26,353 26,619 25,661 24,757 23,957 23,531 23,108 21,657 20,762 19,456 18,388 17,400 16,533 16,388 15,978 15,588 15,044
Hajdú-Bihar county 10,325 10,804 11,418 12,080 12,407 12,584 12,282 13,307 12,941 12,598 12,809 12,498 12,026 11,465 10,792 10,348 9,823 9,671 9,524 9,495 9,425 9,277
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county 6,949 7,478 7,624 7,922 7,969 8,079 7,901 7,968 7,544 7,171 7,234 6,980 6,593 6,331 5,857 5,474 5,179 4,915 4,866 4,812 4,776 4,661
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county 9,867 10,360 12,172 12,225 12,697 13,153 13,510 13,423 12,785 12,411 12,263 11,790 11,393 10,840 10,316 9,933 9,536 9,073 8,915 8,713 8,427 8,200
Northern Great Plain region 27,141 28,642 31,214 32,227 33,073 33,816 33,693 34,698 33,270 32,180 32,306 31,268 30,012 28,636 26,965 25,755 24,538 23,659 23,305 23,020 22,628 22,138
Bács-Kiskun county 8,390 9,209 10,106 10,477 10,706 11,239 11,563 11,212 11,001 10,576 10,581 10,362 9,727 9,452 8,857 8,330 7,809 7,581 7,568 7,639 7,525 7,462
Békés county 6,192 6,550 6,812 7,188 7,396 7,649 7,605 7,390 7,339 7,040 7,177 6,781 6,409 6,160 5,711 5,350 5,137 4,956 4,812 4,780 4,667 4,505
Csongrád-Csanád county 7,855 8,382 9,046 9,179 9,342 9,628 9,513 9,480 9,224 9,087 9,081 8,792 8,454 8,115 7,694 7,463 7,126 7,630 7,692 7,757 7,681 7,376
Southern Great Plain region 22,437 24,141 25,964 26,844 27,444 28,516 28,681 28,082 27,564 26,703 26,839 25,935 24,590 23,727 22,262 21,143 20,072 20,167 20,072 20,176 19,873 19,343
Great Plain and North large region 71,800 75,859 82,099 84,160 85,830 88,685 88,993 88,441 85,591 82,840 82,676 80,311 76,259 73,125 68,683 65,286 62,010 60,359 59,765 59,174 58,089 56,525
Outside the borders of the country outside the borders 8,088 8,184 8,850 9,302 10,072 9,871 10,553 11,673 12,858 13,873 15,373 16,460 18,089 20,264 21,850 23,767 27,114 26,847 28,574 27,847 30,494 32,056
Unknown unknown 2,177 – – – – – – – – – – – 105 8 2 2 5 10 4 447 411 383
Total country 184,071 193,155 204,910 212,292 217,245 224,616 227,118 224,894 222,564 218,057 218,304 214,320 209,208 203,576 195,419 190,098 187,084 185,278 186,797 187,237 190,094 190,281
Students per thousand inhabitants
Budapest capital, regiona 20.8 22.4 22.6 22.9 23.4 24.0 24.3 23.5 23.2 23.1 22.3 22.0 21.2 20.1 18.9 18.3 17.7 18.3 18.2 18.8 19.2 19.8
Pest county, regionb 13.0 13.4 15.0 16.4 16.7 18.3 18.4 18.1 18.3 17.6 18.8 18.4 19.0 18.7 18.2 17.9 17.5 17.1 17.5 17.9 18.3 18.6
Central Hungary large regionc 17.8 18.9 19.6 20.3 20.7 21.6 21.8 21.3 21.2 20.8 20.8 20.5 20.3 19.5 18.7 18.1 17.6 17.8 17.9 18.4 18.8 19.3
Fejér county 16.4 17.1 18.4 18.6 19.3 20.2 20.1 20.0 19.5 18.7 19.2 19.2 18.3 17.5 16.0 15.3 14.9 14.3 14.5 14.4 14.5 14.8
Komárom-Esztergom county 15.2 17.2 16.5 17.4 17.7 18.4 18.5 18.5 18.1 18.0 18.3 18.0 17.7 16.7 15.9 15.0 14.6 14.2 14.1 14.1 14.5 14.1
Veszprém county 18.2 19.6 20.1 21.3 21.7 22.3 22.8 21.5 21.1 20.1 20.4 19.7 18.9 18.0 17.1 16.2 15.4 14.7 14.5 14.2 14.4 14.4
Central Transdanubia region 16.7 17.9 18.4 19.2 19.6 20.4 20.5 20.0 19.6 19.0 19.4 19.0 18.3 17.4 16.3 15.5 14.9 14.4 14.4 14.3 14.5 14.5
Győr-Moson-Sopron county 17.8 18.7 19.3 20.4 20.7 21.6 22.0 21.6 20.8 20.1 20.5 19.4 18.4 17.6 16.6 15.9 15.1 15.0 15.1 15.0 15.3 15.6
Vas county 17.0 17.9 18.7 20.1 20.4 21.1 21.5 19.9 21.0 20.1 20.3 19.9 19.2 18.6 17.8 17.0 16.1 15.3 15.3 15.3 15.3 15.4
Zala county 17.1 18.4 21.4 21.6 22.4 21.7 22.5 21.5 21.5 20.9 21.0 20.2 20.3 19.7 18.9 18.0 17.1 16.1 16.1 16.5 16.2 16.1
Western Transdanubia region 17.3 18.4 19.8 20.7 21.1 21.5 22.0 21.1 21.1 20.3 20.6 19.8 19.1 18.5 17.5 16.7 15.9 15.4 15.4 15.5 15.5 15.7
Baranya county 17.2 18.5 19.6 20.3 20.3 20.5 21.0 20.7 20.7 20.4 20.3 19.8 18.8 17.9 17.1 16.7 16.3 17.9 17.0 17.6 17.7 16.8
Somogy county 12.7 14.8 15.7 17.7 18.4 19.0 18.8 19.3 18.7 18.3 17.7 16.9 16.3 15.6 14.9 14.3 13.9 13.7 13.7 13.8 13.7 13.4
Tolna county 17.3 19.4 20.7 21.4 21.8 22.7 21.8 21.1 21.0 19.9 19.2 18.4 17.7 16.6 16.1 15.3 14.9 14.2 14.3 13.9 13.7 13.5
Southern Transdanubia region 15.7 17.5 18.5 19.7 20.1 20.6 20.4 20.3 20.1 19.6 19.1 18.5 17.7 16.8 16.1 15.5 15.1 15.5 15.2 15.4 15.3 14.9
Transdanubia large region 16.6 17.9 18.9 19.8 20.3 20.8 21.0 20.5 20.2 19.6 19.7 19.1 18.4 17.6 16.6 15.9 15.3 15.1 15.0 15.0 15.1 15.0
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county 17.2 18.1 19.5 20.6 21.0 21.8 21.3 21.5 21.1 20.5 19.8 19.7 18.7 17.9 16.9 16.1 15.3 14.7 14.6 14.2 14.0 13.6
Heves county 17.0 18.4 19.5 20.0 19.7 21.1 23.4 21.0 20.3 20.2 20.7 19.5 19.2 19.1 18.4 17.4 16.7 16.0 16.3 16.2 15.9 15.6
Nógrád county 17.3 16.7 19.3 16.6 17.3 18.6 19.3 19.1 18.7 18.1 17.2 18.3 16.2 15.4 14.5 13.9 13.2 12.6 12.4 12.0 11.8 11.3
Northern Hungary region 17.1 17.9 19.5 19.7 20.1 21.1 21.5 21.0 20.5 20.1 19.6 19.4 18.4 17.8 16.9 16.1 15.3 14.7 14.7 14.4 14.1 13.8
Hajdú-Bihar county 18.7 19.6 20.8 22.0 22.7 23.1 22.6 24.5 23.9 23.3 23.6 23.1 22.3 21.3 20.2 19.4 18.5 18.3 18.1 18.1 18.0 17.8
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county 16.6 18.0 18.5 19.3 19.6 20.0 19.8 20.2 19.3 18.5 18.5 18.1 17.2 16.7 15.6 14.7 13.9 13.3 13.3 13.2 13.3 13.1
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county 16.8 17.7 20.9 21.0 21.9 22.8 23.7 23.7 22.8 22.3 21.7 20.9 20.3 19.3 18.3 17.7 17.1 16.4 16.2 16.0 15.6 15.5
Northern Great Plain region 17.4 18.4 20.2 20.9 21.6 22.2 22.3 23.1 22.3 21.7 21.6 21.0 20.2 19.4 18.3 17.5 16.8 16.3 16.2 16.0 15.9 15.8
Bács-Kiskun county 15.4 16.9 18.7 19.4 19.9 21.0 21.7 21.1 20.8 20.2 20.3 19.9 18.8 18.4 17.3 16.4 15.4 15.0 15.1 15.3 15.1 15.1
Békés county 15.5 16.5 17.3 18.5 19.2 20.0 20.2 19.9 20.0 19.5 19.8 18.9 18.0 17.5 16.5 15.6 15.2 14.8 14.6 14.6 14.5 14.3
Csongrád-Csanád county 18.3 19.6 21.2 21.6 22.1 22.7 22.4 22.4 21.8 21.5 22.1 21.5 20.8 20.0 19.0 18.6 17.8 19.1 19.3 19.6 19.5 18.9
Southern Great Plain region 16.3 17.7 19.1 19.8 20.4 21.2 21.5 21.2 20.9 20.4 20.7 20.1 19.2 18.7 17.6 16.9 16.1 16.3 16.3 16.5 16.4 16.1
Great Plain and North large region 17.0 18.0 19.6 20.2 20.7 21.5 21.8 21.8 21.3 20.8 20.7 20.2 19.4 18.7 17.7 16.9 16.2 15.8 15.8 15.7 15.5 15.3
Totald country 18.1 19.0 20.3 21.0 21.6 22.3 22.6 22.4 22.2 21.8 22.0 21.6 21.2 20.7 19.9 19.4 19.1 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.6 19.8

Footnotes

*Including students in university and college level education and undivided and other training.
aPlanning and statistical region and capital according to the territorial code system in force since 1 January 2018, formerly capital.
bPlanning and statistical region and county according to the territorial code system in force since 1 January 2018, formerly county.
cStatistical large region according to the territorial code system in force since 1 January 2018, formerly planning and statistical region and statistical large region.
dIncluding data outside the borders of the country and data of unknown.
Source: Ministry of Culture and Innovation

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