Hungary - Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Hungary was 95.61 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 113.57 in 1985, while its lowest value was 79.38 in 1991.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1971 89.20
1972 88.58
1973 92.94
1974 99.69
1975 100.56
1976 98.05
1977 99.67
1978 104.27
1979 99.16
1980 97.56
1981 93.48
1982 92.87
1983 94.32
1984 102.44
1985 113.57
1986 103.77
1987 96.83
1988 89.26
1989 83.40
1990 81.78
1991 79.38
1992 85.10
1993 89.82
1997 97.89
1998 98.45
1999 95.99
2000 96.42
2001 98.02
2002 99.41
2003 96.19
2004 94.62
2005 93.81
2006 98.77
2007 95.03
2008 96.59
2009 96.80
2010 97.10
2011 98.73
2012 97.54
2013 97.71
2014 96.47
2015 96.95
2016 98.59
2017 105.05
2018 98.85
2019 95.61

Development Relevance: The World Bank and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics jointly developed the primary completion rate indicator. Increasingly used as a core indicator of an education system's performance, it reflects an education system's coverage and the educational attainment of students.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education. Thus this rate is a proxy that should be taken as an upper estimate of the actual primary completion rate. There are many reasons why the primary completion rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of primary education as well as children who entered school early, while the denominator is the number of children at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Primary completion rate is calculated by dividing the number of new entrants (enrollment minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes