Education · Hungary
Yearly data from 1999 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Hungary's compulsory education, duration (years) was 13 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is unchanged at from 13 in 2015.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 13 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 13 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 13 | 2015 |
| Highest | 13 | 1999 |
| Lowest | 11 | 2013 |
| Average since 2016 | 13 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 13 | 1999 |
Over five years it is unchanged at from 13 in 2020. Since 1999 it is unchanged at from 13 in 1999.
In 2025, Hungary's compulsory education, duration (years) did not change 0 on 2024 (from 13 to 13).
Across the 25 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2024), the average change was +0 and a typical year strayed about 0.58 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2 in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 2 in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2025, Hungary had the 17th highest value of the 196 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 13 | 2025 |
| World | 10 | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 11 | 2025 |
| High income | 11 | 2025 |
Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.
Limitations: The presence of national legislation does not guarantee that countries will implement it effectively, nor does it ensure that parents will take advantage of the provisions available for their children.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
| Year | Compulsory education, duration (years) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 |
| 2024 | 13 |
| 2023 | 13 |
| 2022 | 13 |
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2019 | 13 |
| 2018 | 13 |
| 2017 | 13 |
| 2016 | 13 |
| 2015 | 13 |
| 2014 | 11 |
| 2013 | 11 |
| 2012 | 13 |
| 2011 | 13 |
| 2010 | 13 |
| 2009 | 13 |
| 2008 | 13 |
| 2007 | 13 |
| 2006 | 13 |
| 2005 | 13 |
| 2004 | 13 |
| 2003 | 13 |
| 2002 | 13 |
| 2001 | 13 |
| 2000 | 13 |
| 1999 | 13 |
Every indicator for Hungary is on the Hungary data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.COM.DURS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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