Compulsory education, duration in Hungary
Hungary: Compulsory education, duration was 13 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Compulsory education, duration in Hungary, 1999–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Hungary recorded 13 years for compulsory education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, compulsory education, duration in Hungary peaked at 13 years in 1999 and was at its lowest, 11 years, in 2013.
Hungary ranks 17th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.6 years | 11 years | 13 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 13 years | 13 years | 13 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
- 17 Aruba 13 years compare
- 17 Austria 13 years compare
- 17 Belgium 13 years compare
- 17 Bermuda 13 years compare
- 17 Costa Rica 13 years compare
- 17 France 13 years compare
- 17 Germany 13 years compare
- 17 Gibraltar 13 years compare
- 17 Marshall Islands 13 years compare
- 17 Netherlands 13 years compare
- 17 North Macedonia 13 years compare
- 17 Paraguay 13 years compare
- 17 Philippines 13 years compare
- 17 Puerto Rico 13 years compare
- 17 Turks and Caicos Islands 13 years compare
More education data for Hungary
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 37,255 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 102.9% (2024)
- Labor force, female 47.1% (2025)
- Labor force, total 4.94 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is compulsory education, duration in Hungary?
- Compulsory education, duration in Hungary was 13 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest compulsory education, duration recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 13 years in 1999.
- What is the lowest compulsory education, duration recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 11 years in 2013.
- How does Hungary rank for compulsory education, duration?
- Hungary ranks 17th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is compulsory education, duration rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Hungary data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Compulsory education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.