Europe & Central Asia · High income
Hungary: the economy in numbers
Per person: $25,907, or $49,838 at purchasing power parity. Population: 9.51 million (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #55 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +1.9%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $45.3 billion in 1968, $246 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $4,413 per person in 1968, $25,907 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 2.4% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1961: 10 of 65.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose 3.32 times from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 34.8% in 1991.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1995: 83.9% of GDP in 1995. IMF forecast for 2031: 87.8%.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Stock market capitalization, % of GDP
In 2025 listed domestic companies were worth $62.6 billion, or 25.4% of GDP.
Population
1960: 9.98 million · 2025: 9.51 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 8.5% · 2025: 4.5%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 68.0 years · 2024: 76.7 years.
Exports of goods and services
1991: 28.7% · 2025: 72.6%.
Data by year
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| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Stock market, % GDP | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 2.5%f | 3.0%f | 87.8%f | ||||||||
| 2030 | 2.5%f | 3.0%f | 86.5%f | ||||||||
| 2029 | 2.5%f | 3.0%f | 85.1%f | ||||||||
| 2028 | 2.3%f | 3.0%f | 83.5%f | ||||||||
| 2027 | 2.1%f | 2.8%f | 81.4%f | ||||||||
| 2026 | 1.9%f | 1.9%f | 78.7%f | ||||||||
| 2025 | $246B | $25,907 | $49,838 | 0.5% | 4.4% | 74.6% | 9.51M | 4.5% | 25.4% | 72.6% | |
| 2024 | $223B | $23,305 | $48,540 | 0.7% | 3.7% | 73.5% | 9.56M | 4.5% | 18.6% | 76.7 | 76.2% |
| 2023 | $213B | $22,209 | $46,376 | −0.8% | 17.1% | 73.3% | 9.59M | 4.1% | 18.2% | 76.6 | 81.4% |
| 2022 | $177B | $18,428 | $44,232 | 4.2% | 14.6% | 74.1% | 9.61M | 3.6% | 13.5% | 75.9 | 89.8% |
| 2021 | $183B | $19,031 | $38,887 | 7.2% | 5.1% | 76.2% | 9.63M | 4.0% | 17.2% | 74.1 | 79.4% |
| 2020 | $158B | $16,387 | $35,584 | −4.3% | 3.3% | 78.7% | 9.67M | 4.2% | 17.7% | 75.4 | 78.1% |
| 2019 | $165B | $17,013 | $35,627 | 5.1% | 3.3% | 65.0% | 9.69M | 3.4% | 19.9% | 76.3 | 81.1% |
| 2018 | $161B | $16,605 | $32,258 | 5.6% | 2.9% | 68.8% | 9.71M | 3.7% | 18.0% | 76.1 | 83.4% |
| 2017 | $143B | $14,736 | $29,728 | 4.1% | 2.3% | 72.0% | 9.73M | 4.2% | 22.0% | 75.8 | 85.7% |
| 2016 | $129B | $13,216 | $28,179 | 2.4% | 0.4% | 74.6% | 9.76M | 5.1% | 17.5% | 76.1 | 86.1% |
| 2015 | $125B | $12,783 | $26,938 | 3.7% | −0.1% | 75.7% | 9.8M | 6.8% | 14.1% | 75.6 | 87.4% |
| 2014 | $141B | $14,353 | $25,796 | 4.3% | −0.2% | 76.5% | 9.83M | 7.7% | 10.3% | 75.8 | 87.0% |
| 2013 | $136B | $13,739 | $24,592 | 2.0% | 1.7% | 77.2% | 9.87M | 10.2% | 14.6% | 75.6 | 85.4% |
| 2012 | $128B | $12,950 | $23,205 | −1.3% | 5.7% | 78.4% | 9.92M | 11.0% | 16.2% | 75.1 | 86.1% |
| 2011 | $142B | $14,211 | $22,992 | 1.9% | 3.9% | 80.5% | 9.97M | 11.0% | 13.2% | 74.9 | 86.2% |
| 2010 | $132B | $13,190 | $21,691 | 1.1% | 4.9% | 80.2% | 10M | 11.2% | 21.0% | 74.2 | 81.3% |
| 2009 | $131B | $13,051 | $20,691 | −6.7% | 4.2% | 78.2% | 10M | 10.0% | 23.0% | 73.9 | 74.4% |
| 2008 | $158B | $15,763 | $20,709 | 1.0% | 6.0% | 71.8% | 10M | 7.8% | 11.7% | 73.7 | 79.2% |
| 2007 | $140B | $13,935 | $19,089 | 0.3% | 8.0% | 65.6% | 10.1M | 7.4% | 33.0% | 73.2 | 77.8% |
| 2006 | $116B | $11,478 | $18,362 | 3.9% | 3.9% | 64.5% | 10.1M | 7.5% | 36.3% | 73.1 | 73.8% |
| 2005 | $113B | $11,212 | $17,091 | 4.3% | 3.6% | 60.6% | 10.1M | 7.2% | 28.8% | 72.6 | 62.5% |
| 2004 | $104B | $10,291 | $16,251 | 5.0% | 6.7% | 58.9% | 10.1M | 5.8% | 27.5% | 72.6 | 59.6% |
| 2003 | $85.2B | $8,410 | $15,460 | 3.9% | 4.7% | 58.2% | 10.1M | 5.8% | 19.6% | 72.3 | 56.3% |
| 2002 | $67.6B | $6,658 | $14,532 | 4.7% | 5.2% | 55.6% | 10.2M | 5.6% | 19.2% | 72.3 | 58.1% |
| 2001 | $53.8B | $5,281 | $13,223 | 4.1% | 9.1% | 52.2% | 10.2M | 5.7% | 72.2 | 64.8% | |
| 2000 | $47.3B | $4,630 | $11,872 | 4.4% | 9.8% | 55.6% | 10.2M | 6.6% | 71.2 | 66.8% | |
| 1999 | $49.2B | $4,802 | $10,892 | 3.1% | 10.0% | 60.3% | 10.2M | 6.9% | 70.7 | 55.6% | |
| 1998 | $48.8B | $4,752 | $10,415 | 3.8% | 14.1% | 60.4% | 10.3M | 8.9% | 70.6 | 52.9% | |
| 1997 | $47.4B | $4,606 | $9,846 | 3.0% | 18.3% | 62.2% | 10.3M | 9.0% | 70.7 | 47.8% | |
| 1996 | $46.8B | $4,542 | $9,388 | 0.1% | 23.5% | 71.2% | 10.3M | 10.0% | 70.3 | 41.8% | |
| 1995 | $46.6B | $4,509 | $9,222 | 1.5% | 28.3% | 83.9% | 10.3M | 10.2% | 69.8 | 39.1% | |
| 1994 | $43.3B | $4,187 | $8,888 | 2.9% | 18.9% | 10.3M | 10.8% | 69.5 | 25.4% | ||
| 1993 | $40.3B | $3,887 | $8,441 | −0.6% | 22.5% | 10.4M | 12.1% | 69.1 | 23.1% | ||
| 1992 | $38.9B | $3,747 | $8,284 | −3.1% | 23.7% | 10.4M | 9.9% | 69.1 | 27.6% | ||
| 1991 | $34.9B | $3,361 | $8,352 | −11.9% | 34.8% | 10.4M | 8.5% | 69.4 | 28.7% | ||
| 1990 | $34.5B | $3,324 | $9,169 | −3.5% | 28.4% | 10.4M | 69.3 | ||||
| 1989 | $30.4B | $2,902 | 0.7% | 17.1% | 10.5M | 69.5 | |||||
| 1988 | $29.8B | $2,812 | −0.1% | 15.7% | 10.6M | 70.0 | |||||
| 1987 | $27.2B | $2,566 | 4.1% | 8.7% | 10.6M | 69.7 | |||||
| 1986 | $24.8B | $2,331 | 1.5% | 5.3% | 10.6M | 69.2 | |||||
| 1985 | $21.5B | $2,020 | −0.3% | 6.9% | 10.6M | 69.0 | |||||
| 1984 | $21.2B | $1,991 | 2.7% | 8.5% | 10.7M | 69.0 | |||||
| 1983 | $21.9B | $2,050 | 0.7% | 7.3% | 10.7M | 69.0 | |||||
| 1982 | $24.1B | $2,255 | 2.8% | 6.8% | 10.7M | 69.4 | |||||
| 1981 | $23.7B | $2,213 | 2.9% | 4.7% | 10.7M | 69.1 | |||||
| 1980 | $23.1B | $2,158 | 0.2% | 9.3% | 10.7M | 69.1 | |||||
| 1979 | $20B | $1,865 | 2.7% | 9.0% | 10.7M | 69.6 | |||||
| 1978 | $17.3B | $1,618 | 4.4% | 4.7% | 10.7M | 69.4 | |||||
| 1977 | $14.8B | $1,388 | 7.6% | 3.9% | 10.6M | 69.8 | |||||
| 1976 | $13.2B | $1,249 | 3.6% | 5.2% | 10.6M | 69.6 | |||||
| 1975 | $11.4B | $1,083 | 6.2% | 3.8% | 10.5M | 69.3 | |||||
| 1974 | $10B | $956 | 5.9% | 1.8% | 10.5M | 69.2 | |||||
| 1973 | $9.14B | $876 | 6.9% | 3.4% | 10.4M | 69.5 | |||||
| 1972 | $7.38B | $710 | 6.1% | 10.4M | 69.7 | ||||||
| 1971 | $6.29B | $607 | 6.2% | 10.4M | 69.1 | ||||||
| 1970 | $5.78B | $559 | 4.7% | 10.3M | 69.2 | ||||||
| 1969 | $5.43B | $527 | 6.9% | 10.3M | 69.3 | ||||||
| 1968 | $4.89B | $476 | 4.9% | 10.3M | 69.2 | ||||||
| 1967 | 7.5% | 10.2M | 69.4 | ||||||||
| 1966 | 7.4% | 10.2M | 69.8 | ||||||||
| 1965 | 42.4% | 10.1M | 69.1 | ||||||||
| 1964 | 4.7% | 10.1M | 69.4 | ||||||||
| 1963 | 5.7% | 10.1M | 68.9 | ||||||||
| 1962 | 6.1% | 10.1M | 67.9 | ||||||||
| 1961 | 4.7% | 10M | 68.9 | ||||||||
| 1960 | 9.98M | 68.0 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)