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2024
global knowledge index
Hungary
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):388.906
- Population:9,686,464
- HDI:0.851
37/141
Gki
Score
56.2
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Hungary is a strong performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 37th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 37th out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Share of TVET occupations
- Labour underutilization rate
- Manufacturing employment (%)
- Unemployment rate with advanced education
- ISO 9001 quality certificates (per billion GDP)
Areas of Improvement
- Firms with products and services new to the market (%)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% GDP)
- Researchers in higher education (%)
- Government expenditure on primary education (% GDP)
- MSME financing gap (% GDP)
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
64
69.93
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
6
66.73
Higher
Education
65
47.1
Research, Development
and Innovation
42
34.47
Information and
Communications Technology
39
59.91
Economy
33
61.85
Enabling
Environment
36
66.75
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GKI Pillars
