Primary school completion rate in Hungary

The primary completion rate in Hungary was 108.9% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Hungary, 2024 108.9% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2023 +12.1percentage points 2023: 96.8%
European Union, 2024 97.3% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 98.4% Middle value of 14 countries

Primary school completion rate in Hungary over time

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% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school completion rate (% of the relevant age group), 2001 to 2024
Period HungaryEuropean Union
2024 108.9% 97.3%
2023 96.8% 97.4%
2022 98.6% 96.5%
2021 95.4% 97.2%
2020 94.3% 96.5%
2019 93.9% 96.5%
2018 98.8% 96.3%
2017 100.6% 97.4%
2016 97.0% 96.9%
2015 98.4% 97.7%
2014 98.3% 97.1%
2013 97.6% 97.6%
2012 97.9% 97.6%
2011 97.7% 98.4%
2010 99.9% 98.5%
2009 99.2% 98.7%
2008 100.7% 99.0%
2007 97.5% 98.9%
2006 99.3% 98.7%
2005 97.0% 98.9%
2004 99.1% 99.3%
2003 98.2% 98.9%
2002 98.2% 99.3%
2001 97.4% 100.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +12.1 percentage points from 96.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 98.3%, the figure has changed by +10.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 97.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2024 for Hungary
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics