Poverty & Inequality in Hungary 21 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Hungary. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 4.9% 2017 down 29.0% 81st Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.8% 2017 up 200.0% 69th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2017 up 350.0% 68th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2017 up 400.0% 58th Prosperity gap 1.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2017 up 5.6% 77th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 2.0% 2017 up 33.3% 77th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 15.1% 2017 up 7.9% 85th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.7% 2017 up 250.0% 68th Population living in slums 7.2% 2016 down 37.9% 106th Income share held by second 20% 13.2% 2017 down 4.3% 25th Gini index 30.6 2017 up 9.7% 92nd Income share held by lowest 20% 7.9% 2017 down 9.2% 36th Income share held by lowest 10% 3.0% 2017 down 14.3% 48th Income share held by highest 10% 23.9% 2017 up 7.2% 96th Income share held by highest 20% 38.5% 2017 up 4.9% 97th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.8% 2017 unchanged 23rd Income share held by third 20% 17.6% 2017 down 1.7% 15th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 11.5% 2017 up 19.8% 60th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.9% 2017 up 274.2% 67th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 12.1% 2021 down 15.4% 55th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 1.0% 2017 up 900.0% 38th