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Hungary
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ANNUAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Population & economic scale
The most recent non-empty observations returned by the World Bank when this snapshot was collected. Read the year on each card: these are annual statistics, not live measurements.
World Bank reporting entity: Hungary · 3 of 3 indicators available.
Population
9,514,251
people
observation
Definition, value & source
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Received value: 9514251 people. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
GDP
$246.49 billion
current US$
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 246490213513.054 current US$. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP per capita
$25,907
current US$ per person
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 25907.4743259406 current US$ per person. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP and GDP per capita use current US dollars, without an inflation or purchasing-power-parity adjustment. Source years can differ. Missing data is not zero; earlier archive figures below are retained as a separate historical reference.
THE REFERENCE FILE
Hungary at a glance
These are historical reference facts from the 2025 World Factbook archive. Each estimate keeps its own period; an archive edition does not make every figure a measurement from that year.
Population
total: 9,855,745 (2024 est.) male: 4,812,668 female: 5,043,077
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$389.207 billion (2024 est.) $387.223 billion (2023 est.) $390.513 billion (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)
$222.905 billion (2024 est.) note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate
Real GDP growth rate
0.5% (2024 est.) -0.8% (2023 est.) 4.3% (2022 est.) note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
Real GDP per capita
$40,700 (2024 est.) $40,400 (2023 est.) $40,700 (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
3.7% (2024 est.) 17.1% (2023 est.) 14.6% (2022 est.) note: annual % change based on consumer prices
Unemployment rate
4.5% (2024 est.) 4.2% (2023 est.) 3.7% (2022 est.) note: % of labor force seeking employment
Labor force
4.954 million (2024 est.) note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work
Public debt
75.3% of GDP (2022 est.) note: central government debt as a % of GDP
Budget
revenues: $69.793 billion (2022 est.) expenditures: $80.429 billion (2022 est.) note: central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated
Current account balance
$5.074 billion (2024 est.) $751.071 million (2023 est.) -$14.699 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars
Exports
$166.503 billion (2024 est.) $173.034 billion (2023 est.) $158.98 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
Imports
$154.077 billion (2024 est.) $163.192 billion (2023 est.) $167.262 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
$46.422 billion (2024 est.) $45.719 billion (2023 est.) $41.219 billion (2022 est.) note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars
Electricity access
electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.)
Internet users
percent of population: 92% (2024 est.)
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
Explore the country in detail
Browse the economy, population, resources and infrastructure. These archived descriptions keep their original wording and dates; they have not been updated to describe current conditions.
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Location
Central Europe, northwest of Romania
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Capital
name: Budapest geographic coordinates: 47 30 N, 19 05 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October etymology: Buda on the western shore of the Danube and Pest on the eastern shore merged in 1873 to form Budapest; Buda's name may derive from the name of its founder or from a local word meaning "water;" Pest derives from a Slavic word meaning "furnace" or "oven"
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Economic overview
high-income EU and OECD economy; modest recovery from 2024 recession driven by private consumption and moderated inflation; challenges include high fiscal deficits, frozen access to EU funds, and risks from export reliance; implementing tax exemptions, price controls, and mortgage interest caps ahead of 2026 elections
2024, 2026 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural resources
bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils, arable land
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Agricultural products
maize, wheat, barley, milk, sunflower seeds, sugar beets, rapeseed, apples, pork, grapes (2023) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Industries
mining, metallurgy, construction materials, processed foods, textiles, chemicals (especially pharmaceuticals), motor vehicles
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - partners
Germany 25%, Italy 6%, Romania 6%, USA 5%, Slovakia 4% (2023) note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - commodities
cars, vehicle parts/accessories, electric batteries, packaged medicine, computers (2023) note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - partners
Germany 23%, China 7%, Austria 6%, Poland 6%, S. Korea 6% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - commodities
vehicle parts/accessories, natural gas, integrated circuits, broadcasting equipment, industrial acids/oils/alcohols (2023) note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Climate
temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Terrain
mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on the Slovakian border
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Land use
agricultural land: 55.7% (2023 est.) arable land: 45.4% (2023 est.) permanent crops: 1.6% (2023 est.) permanent pasture: 8.6% (2023 est.) forest: 22.7% (2023 est.) other: 20.9% (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Languages
Hungarian (official) 98.8%, English 25.3%, German 12.6%, Russian 2.1%, French 1.5%, Romanian 1.4%, other 5.1% (2022 est.) major-language sample(s): A World Factbook n lk l zhetetlen forr sa az alapvető inform ci nak. (Hungarian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. note: percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one spoken language
2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Religions
Catholic 30.1% (Roman Catholic 27.5%, Greek Catholic 1.7%, other Catholic 0.9%), Calvinist 9.8%, Lutheran 1.8%, other Christian (includes Orthodox) 1.6%, other 0.4%, none 16.1%, no answer 40.1% (2022 est.)
2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Age structure
0-14 years: 14.6% (male 753,955/female 683,943) 15-64 years: 63.9% (male 3,195,761/female 3,104,750) 65 years and over: 21.5% (2024 est.) (male 862,952/female 1,254,384)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Urbanization
urban population: 72.9% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 0.05% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2023, 2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 76 years (2024 est.) male: 72.9 years female: 79.3 years
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity
installed generating capacity: 14.829 million kW (2023 est.) consumption: 42.739 billion kWh (2023 est.) exports: 8.863 billion kWh (2023 est.) imports: 19.963 billion kWh (2023 est.) transmission/distribution losses: 2.454 billion kWh (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity generation sources
fossil fuels: 28.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) nuclear: 44.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) solar: 19.4% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) wind: 1.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) hydroelectricity: 0.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) biomass and waste: 4.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Petroleum
total petroleum production: 36,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) refined petroleum consumption: 179,000 bbl/day (2024 est.) crude oil estimated reserves: 12.1 million barrels (2021 est.)
2023, 2024, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural gas
production: 1.612 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) consumption: 8.293 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) imports: 8.216 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) proven reserves: 3.738 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)
2023, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Carbon dioxide emissions
40.161 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from coal and metallurgical coke: 3.373 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 20.887 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from consumed natural gas: 15.901 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 10.2 million (2023 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 104 (2022 est.)
2023, 2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 3.56 million (2023 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Airports
109 (2025)
2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Railways
total: 7,687 km (2020) 3,111 km electrified
2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
agriculture: 2.4% (2024 est.) industry: 23.9% (2024 est.) services: 59.7% (2024 est.) note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Remittances
2.3% of GDP (2024 est.) 2.4% of GDP (2023 est.) 2.2% of GDP (2022 est.) note: personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities
2024, 2023, 2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
CURRENCY OBSERVATIONS
Money & exchange rates
The latest verified daily references are separate from the historical country profile. Values are currency units per US$1.
Forint
HUF per US$1
Published reference snapshot; its original observation date is preserved.
1 HUF = US$0.003061662
312.45–328.24 HUF per US$1 across the displayed observations. The vertical scale follows this range.
View dated observations
| Observation date | HUF per US$1 |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | 326.62 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 328.24 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 327.65 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 327.48 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 326.74 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 324.3 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 322.83 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 323.1 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 321.65 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 320.64 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 320.65 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 320.98 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 320.93 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 317.66 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 315.64 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 316.43 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 317.22 |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 317.25 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 317.02 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 316.52 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 316.49 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 316.99 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 315.41 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 313.97 |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 313.96 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 313.87 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 313.29 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 312.92 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 313.02 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 312.45 |
Daily references are not live execution prices. A check time does not change a source observation date.
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