Tertiary education in Budapest
In Budapest, 59.3% of people aged 25 to 64 had completed tertiary education in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2013. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Budapest, 2025
59.3%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
Hungary, 2025
31.6%
Position in 2025
6th of 289
Tertiary education in Budapest over time
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% of people aged 25 to 64. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Budapest | Hungary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.3% | 31.6% |
| 2024 | 59.1% | 31.1% |
| 2023 | 56.2% | 29.8% |
| 2022 | 55.8% | 29.4% |
| 2021 | 55.6%b (break in time series) | 29.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 49.8% | 27.1% |
| 2019 | 47.5% | 25.9% |
| 2018 | 46.5%b (break in time series) | 25.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2017 | 41.7% | 24.1% |
| 2016 | 41.9% | 23.7% |
| 2015 | 44.7% | 24.2% |
| 2014 | 42.5%b (break in time series) | 23.4%b (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 40.4% | 22.6% |
| 2012 | – | 22.1% |
| 2011 | – | 21.0% |
| 2010 | – | 20.0% |
| 2009 | – | 19.8% |
| 2008 | – | 19.3% |
| 2007 | – | 18.1% |
| 2006 | – | 17.7% |
| 2005 | – | 17.1% |
| 2004 | – | 16.7% |
| 2003 | – | 15.4% |
| 2002 | – | 14.2% |
| 2001 | – | 14.0%b (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 59.1% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 44.7%, the figure has changed by +14.6 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 289 regions with data for 2025, Budapest has the 6th highest value.
- The figure for Hungary in 2025 was 31.6%.