Hungary
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 9.5M (2025). World rank 96 of 216; in Europe, 16 of 48. Area: 93,028 km². World rank 111 of 249; in Europe, 17 of 52. GDP: $246.5B (2025). World rank 55 of 210; in Europe, 21 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 9.8M → 9.5M, GDP $125.2B → $246.5B, and GDP per person $12,783 → $25,907.
State
- Official name
- Hungary
- Local name
- Magyarország
- Capital
- Budapest
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- András Baka
- Head of government
- Péter Magyar
- Women in parliament
- 15.6% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 9,514,251 2025
- Area
- 93,028 km²
- GDP
- $246.5B 2025
- GDP per person
- $25,907 2025
- Life expectancy
- 76.7 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Hungarian
- Currency
- Hungarian Forint (HUF)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +36
- Emergency numbers
- 104, 105, 107, 112
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Landlocked
- Coastline, km
- 0
- Neighbours
- Austria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
- Agricultural land
- 55.5% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Kékes, 1,014 m
- Lowest point
- Gyálarét, 78 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 143
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 11
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 23°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, -2°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 589 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 102.3 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- -0.5% 2025
- Living in cities
- 70.7% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -16.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 7.1% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 14.4% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 64.5% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 21.2% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 79.9 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 73.7 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.4 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 8.2 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 13.4 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 30.1%, no religion 16.1%, Protestant 11.6%, and other Christian 1.6% (2022)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 62.2 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 48.1 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 62 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 60 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 57.1 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $49,838 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +0.5% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $23,850 2025
- Inflation
- +4.4% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 52 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 2.7% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 23% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 60.1% 2025
- Unemployment
- 4.5% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 14.2% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 54.3% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 72.6% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 68.2% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +1.7% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- -28.4% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 2.3% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 22.7% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 30.6 2017
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.9% 2017
Education
- Adult literacy
- 98.9% 1980
- Primary school enrolment
- 103% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 107% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 60.5% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 3.8% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 6.4% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $1,420 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 23.1% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.5 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 5.7 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 6.6 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 99% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 3.1 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 3.7 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 12 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 8.3% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 62.2% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 30.8% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 98% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 99% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.7 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 7.7 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 16.5 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 74.5 2025
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 13.7 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 4.5 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 6.3 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 22.8% 2024
- Protected areas
- 22.3% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 625 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 8.1% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 93.8% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 105 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 37.5 2024
- Internet domain
- .hu
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 4,825 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 15.3% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 19.1% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 23.3% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 55,613,579 2023
- Airports
- 109 2025
- Railways, km
- 7,687 2020
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 1.4% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 4,567 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 8,260 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 480 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 22.6% 2024