Poverty & Inequality in Hungary 161 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Hungary. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys 2025 down 80.0% 76th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 79.4% 77th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 89.8% 114th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.49 live births per woman 2023 up 10.1% 173rd Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,630 kg per hectare 2024 down 4.5% 32nd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 39.5% 115th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -9.95 % change on previous year 2024 down 145.1% 156th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 34.19 2023 down 11.1% 29th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 34.2% 2023 down 11.1% 29th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 43.4% 122nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -2.73 % change on previous year 2023 down 132.3% 142nd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -33.33 % change on previous year 2025 — 130th Gender Inequality Index 0.213 2023 down 19.6% 116th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 29.9% 2023 up 7.4% 19th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0867 2023 down 5.1% 164th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0867 2023 down 5.1% 164th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1071 2023 down 5.2% 160th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2017 up 350.0% 70th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2017 up 400.0% 60th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.8% 2017 up 200.0% 71st Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 4.9% 2017 down 29.0% 83rd Prosperity gap 1.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2017 up 5.6% 79th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1134 2023 down 27.4% 166th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.7% 2017 up 250.0% 70th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 15.1% 2017 up 7.9% 87th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 2.0% 2017 up 33.3% 79th Population living in slums 7.2% 2016 down 37.9% 106th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.819 2023 up 4.9% 33rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.819 2023 up 4.9% 33rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.819 2023 up 4.9% 33rd Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.9% 2017 up 350.0% 73rd Three metrics of inequality 43.28 2022 up 4.7% 104th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.4328 2022 up 4.7% 104th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 327.42 2023 up 16.4% 51st Income share held by second 20% 13.2% 2017 down 4.3% 25th Income share held by third 20% 17.6% 2017 down 1.7% 15th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.8% 2017 unchanged 25th Income share held by highest 20% 38.5% 2017 up 4.9% 99th Income share held by highest 10% 23.9% 2017 up 7.2% 98th Income share held by lowest 10% 3.0% 2017 down 14.3% 48th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.9% 2017 down 9.2% 36th Gini index 30.6 2017 up 9.7% 94th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 11.5% 2017 up 19.8% 62nd Total shortfall from extreme poverty 50.24 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2017 up 490.5% 65th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.5% 2017 up 510.5% 62nd At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 14.0% 2025 down 6.0% 32nd Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.3579 2022 up 9.5% 90th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 18.2% 2025 down 29.2% 44th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3579 2022 up 9.5% 90th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 15.3% 2025 down 59.1% 9th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 24,350 2017 up 34.2% 43rd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 19.5% 2025 down 36.3% 21st Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 8.5% 2025 down 64.7% 9th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 33.4% 2022 up 4.4% 98th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 11.8% 2022 up 14.2% 82nd Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 7.8% 2020 down 63.9% 9th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 18.3% 2020 down 38.8% 28th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 25.0% 2023 down 23.8% 64th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.9% 2017 up 274.2% 67th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3058 2017 up 9.7% 91st Page 1 of 3 Next →