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Average years of schooling of adults	9.1		[20th of 100]
Duration of compulsory education	10 years		[61st of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level	4		[171st of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level	8		[14th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP)	5.5%		[43rd of 132]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level	87.2%		[27th of 135]
Expected duration of education for all students	16.4 years		[17th of 30]
Geographical aptitude results	75.769		[49th of 191]
Literacy > Adults at high literacy level	8%		[15th of 17]
Literacy > Adults at low literacy level	67.1%		[3rd of 17]
Literacy > Total population	99.4%		[10th of 160]
Mathematical literacy	488		[20th of 27]
Primary teacher salary > Starting	$5,763.00		[22nd of 22]
Public spending per student > Primary level	17.7		[38th of 126]
Reading literacy	480		[22nd of 27]
School life expectancy > Male	13.4 years		[34th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total	13.6 years		[31st of 110]
Scientific literacy	496		[16th of 27]
Teaching weeks per year > Primary	37 weeks per year		[27th of 36]
Tertiary enrollment	40%		[38th of 151]

Interesting facts on Hungarian Education

• Central European men don’t teach. In Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, over 75 percent of lower secondary teachers are female.

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