Work & Labour in Hungary

1,047 indicators covering work & labour for Hungary.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Non-fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant 429.1 2024 down 10.1% 49th
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total 0.857 2020 down 69.4% 47th
Informal employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 37.73 2020 down 65.0% 42nd
Informal employment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 0.857 2020 down 69.4% 47th
Informal employment rate 0.857 2020 down 69.4% 47th
Earnings differences by gender, by age group and educational 83.93 Percentage of earnings of men workers 2024 down 7.2% 12th
Employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 35.04 2020 down 67.4% 43rd
Share of employment outside the formal sector (current ILO definition) 0.795 2020 down 71.5% 46th
Youth unemployment rate by country of birth 30.7% 2025 down 5.8% 19th
Monthly minimum wages - bi-annual data 906 2026 up 158.9% 29th
Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with below 100 Percentage of earnings of workers with below upper secondary educational attainm 2024 unchanged 1st
Earnings of workers relative to the earnings of workers with upper 74.08 Percentage of earnings of workers with upper secondary educational attainmnent 2024 down 8.1% 19th
Early leavers from education and training by labour status 9.3% 2025 down 19.8% 15th
Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - absolute 274.16 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2023 down 38.3% 9th
Children in employment 3.97 2024 up 207.7% 34th
Children in child labour 1.82 2024 up 161.5% 33rd
Share of children in child labour 0.632 2024 up 174.8% 33rd
Labour input in construction - annual data 100 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 43.7% 30th
Employed persons working from home by professional status - % of 5.7% 2025 up 5.6% 34th
Informal employment, female 6.8% 2020 up 371.0% 20th
Informal employment, male 9.4% 2020 up 829.4% 22nd
Informal employment 8.2% 2020 up 572.3% 22nd
Agricultural labour input statistics by NUTS 2 region - indices 94.69 Index, n-1 = 100 2023 down 7.7% 31st
SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 6.94 2025 down 40.8% 19th
Unemployment rate 6.94 2025 down 40.8% 19th
Labour input in wholesale and retail trade - annual data 102.1 Index, 2021=100 2025 up 20.7% 19th
Fatal occupational injury rates 1.6 per 100,000 employees 2024 down 20.4% 54th
Informal employment 37.7% 2020 up 30.6% 23rd
Earners distribution based on their level of earnings relative to the 100 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2024 unchanged 1st
Collective bargaining coverage rate 17.8 2019 down 33.8% 42nd
Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 6,035 2025 up 147.1% 2nd
Informal employment, male 37.1% 2020 up 55.6% 22nd
Employees working shifts - % of total employees 16.6% 2025 down 13.5% 31st
Employed persons working on Saturdays by professional status - % of 25.4% 2025 down 16.4% 16th
Employed persons working on Sundays by professional status - % of 14.5% 2025 down 5.8% 18th
Employed persons working at nights by professional status - % of 8.2% 2025 down 19.6% 19th
Job tenure by professional status and occupation 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Long working hours in the main job by professional status and 2.2% 2025 down 53.2% 37th
Employed persons working in the evenings by professional status - % 18.1% 2025 down 14.6% 27th
Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - nominal value, quarterly 186.6 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 142.0% 3rd
Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 81.5% 2025 up 11.3% 15th
Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 81.5% 2025 up 11.3% 15th
Unemployment rates of young persons not in education and training by 7.5% 2025 down 29.9% 28th
Labour force participation rates of young persons not in education 88.2% 2025 up 7.6% 13th
Labour force non-participation rates of young persons not in 11.8% 2025 down 34.4% 30th
Participation rate of young persons in education and training by 97.3% 2025 up 0.6% 17th
Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by labour 59.6% 2025 up 6.6% 30th
Share of children in child labour -- General Production Boundary 0.632 2024 up 174.8% 28th
Tax rate on low wage earners - tax wedge on labour costs 41.2 Rate 2025 down 15.9% 9th
Informal employment, female 39.1% 2020 down 3.7% 21st
Persons in part-time employment by country of birth - % of total 17.2% 2025 up 22.9% 37th
Annual net earnings 13,111 2025 up 99.4% 41st
Nurses by age and sex — Health and social employment 53,838 Persons 2024 up 3.4% 20th
Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - item weights 1,000 2024 unchanged 1st
Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - nominal value, annual data 174.7 Index, 2020=100 2025 up 160.7% 3rd
Tax rate on low wage earners - unemployment trap 75.82 Rate 2025 down 3.3% 21st
Average full time adjusted salary per employee 18,461 Euro 2024 up 91.9% 31st
Annual net earnings of a full-time single worker without children 19,212 Purchasing power standard (PPS) 2025 up 78.5% 39th
Tax rate on low wage earners - low wage trap 33.5 Rate 2025 down 2.9% 28th
Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 9.5% 2025 down 18.1% 17th