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Hungary

Europe & Central Asia · High income · capital Budapest

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

76.7years

Ranks 87 of 217 in 2024

3% above world median · 4% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

3.7per 1,000 live births

Ranks 26 of 196 in 2024

75% below world median · 5% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

12per 100,000 live births

Ranks 51 of 194 in 2023

74% below world median · 1.0× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

6.37% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

about the same world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.41births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

26% below world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

1980 · 46 years old

98.9% of adults 15+

Ranks 1 of 20 in 1980

19% above world median · 20% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 20 countries reporting in 1980 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

102.9% gross

Ranks 43 of 134 in 2024

3% above world median · 3% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2022 · 4 years old

3.80% of GDP

Ranks 89 of 164 in 2022

6% below world median · 16% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 164 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

25,907current US$

Ranks 49 of 186 in 2025

2.3× above world median · 7% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

49,838international $

Ranks 46 of 185 in 2025

1.5× above world median · 2% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2017 · 9 years old

0.9% of population

Ranks 39 of 78 in 2017

5% below world median · 1.3× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 78 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2017 · 9 years old

30.6index, 0–100

Ranks 21 of 78 in 2017

13% below world median · 3% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 78 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

4.5% of labour force

Ranks 75 of 182 in 2025

11% below world median · 19% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

4.4% per year

Not ranked — no better end

45% above world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

2.16% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

36% above world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 148 in 2024

24% above world median · 3% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

93.8% of population

Ranks 36 of 182 in 2024

14% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

4.46t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

75% above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

9.5mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

45% above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Hungary has no figure in this dataset for Child stunting. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.