Basic statistics of OECD Economic Surveys: Hungary 2026
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LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE |
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Population (million, 2024) |
9.6 |
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Population density per km² (2024) |
104.8 |
(39.6) |
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Under 15 (%, 2024) |
14.4 |
(16.7) |
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2024) |
76.7 |
(81.2) |
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Over 65 (%, 2024) |
21.0 |
(18.6) |
Men (2024) |
73.4 |
(78.6) |
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International migrant stock (% of population, 2024) |
7.1 |
(15.7) |
Women (2024) |
79.9 |
(83.8) |
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Latest 5-year average growth (%) |
-0.3 |
(0.5) |
Latest general election |
April 2026 |
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ECONOMY |
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Gross domestic product (GDP) |
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Value added shares (%, OECD: 2024) |
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In current prices (billion USD) |
247.3 |
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Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
3.1 |
(2.5) |
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In current prices (billion HUF) |
87 045.6 |
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Industry including construction |
26.8 |
(25.7) |
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Latest 5-year average real growth (%) |
2.3 |
(3.0) |
Services |
70.1 |
(71.9) |
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Per capita (thousand USD PPP)¹ |
49.8 |
(64.2) |
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
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Expenditure (OECD: 2024) |
47.3 |
(42.3) |
Gross financial debt (OECD: 2024) |
81.7 |
(109.5) |
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Revenue (OECD: 2024) |
42.6 |
(37.6) |
Net financial debt (OECD: 2024) |
55.7 |
(65.8) |
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EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS |
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Exchange rate (HUF per USD) |
351.98 |
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Main exports (% of total merchandise exports, 2024)² |
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PPP exchange rate (USA = 1) |
183.58 |
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Machinery and electronics |
40.0 |
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In per cent of GDP |
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Transportation |
16.9 |
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Exports of goods and services |
72.6 |
(29.9) |
Chemicals |
10.7 |
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Imports of goods and services |
68.1 |
(29.8) |
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports, 2024)² |
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Current account balance |
1.6 |
(-0.6) |
Machinery and electronics |
35.1 |
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Net international investment position |
-34.7 |
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Chemicals |
12.2 |
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Transportation |
10.8 |
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LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION |
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Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %, OECD: 2024) |
58.8 |
(58.0) |
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %, OECD: 2024) |
4.4 |
(4.9) |
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Men (OECD: 2024) |
65.2 |
(65.4) |
Youth (aged 15-24, %, OECD: 2024) |
13.9 |
(11.1) |
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Women (OECD: 2024) |
52.9 |
(51.0) |
Long-term unemployed (1 year and over, %, OECD: 2024) |
1.5 |
(1.0) |
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Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %, OECD: 2024) |
61.5 |
(61.0) |
Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %, 2024) |
31.1 |
(41.8) |
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Average hours worked per year |
1 671 |
(1 736) |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2024) |
1.3 |
(2.7) |
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ENVIRONMENT |
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Total primary energy supply per capita (toe, 2024) |
2.5 |
(3.7) |
CO₂ emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes, 2024) |
4.0 |
(7.5) |
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Renewables (% of energy supply, 2024) |
14.3 |
(13.1) |
Water abstractions per capita (1 000 m³, 2024) |
0.5 |
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Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 μg/m³ of PM 2.5, % of population, 2020) |
100.0 |
(56.5) |
Municipal waste per capita (tonnes, 2024) |
0.4 |
(0.5) |
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SOCIETY |
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Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2023, OECD: latest available) |
0.282 |
(0.316) |
Education outcomes (PISA 2022 score) |
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Relative poverty rate (%, 2023, OECD: 2022) |
9.7 |
(11.4) |
Reading |
473 |
(476) |
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Median disposable household income (thousand USD PPP, 2023, OECD: 2022) |
19.7 |
(32.8) |
Mathematics |
473 |
(472) |
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Public and private spending (% of GDP) |
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Science |
486 |
(485) |
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Health care |
6.5 |
(9.4) |
Share of women in parliament (%, 2024) |
14.6 |
(33.3) |
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Pensions (2021) |
8.1 |
(9.9) |
Net official development assistance (% of GNI) |
0.1 |
(0.4) |
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Education (total spending, 2020) |
3.7 |
(5.1) |
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Note: The year refers to the latest calendar year (2024) unless otherwise indicated. Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 80% of member countries.
1. OECD aggregate refers to weighted average.
2. Based on HS2 classification and labelling from the World Bank, World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS).
Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Labour Organisation, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank.