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General Information

Region		Eastern Europe
Population (000, 2024)		9 676^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		106.9^a
Capital city		Budapest
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		1 763.9^c
UN membership date		14 December 1955
Surface area (km2)		93 023^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		92.4^a
National currency		Forint (HUF)
Exchange rate (per US$)		346.4^d

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	125 174	157 227	177 337^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.7	-4.5	4.6^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	12 715.5	16 124.9	17 791.9^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	4.5	4	3.8^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	31.3	28.9	28.9^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,h (% of GVA)	64.2	67.1	67.3^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	4.9	4.8	4.4^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	30.3	31.9	31.4^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	64.8	63.3	64.3^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	6.8	4.2	4.1ⁱ
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	47.0 / 63.0	48.2 / 66.2	53.3 / 69.1ⁱ
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	111	126	177^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	95	93	74^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	100 297	119 971	158 075^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	90 761	113 423	148 898^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	9 536	6 548	9 178^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	2 926	- 1 643	624^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3^a
Urban population (% of total population)	70.5	71.6^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.2^j	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.4	1.6	1.5^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	78.9 / 72.2	79.0 / 72.3	80.3 / 73.9^a
Population age distribution^k (0-14/60+ years old, %)	14.5 / 25.3	14.6 / 26.6	14.4 / 26.6^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	475.5 / 4.9	584.6 / 6.1	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	28.8	6	58^d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	5.1	4	3.6^a
Health: Current expenditure^l (% of GDP)	6.9^m	7.3	7.4ⁿ
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3.1	3.1	3.3ⁿ
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.5	4.2^c	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	100.6 / 101.0	96.4 / 97.9	101.1 / 101.8ⁿ
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	99.2 / 100.5	98.5 / 98.7	97.5 / 98.4ⁿ
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	110.3 / 107.7	105.1 / 105.9	101.6 / 101.2ⁿ
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2.2	0.8	0.9^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	10.1	12.1^o	14.6^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^p (per 100 inhabitants)	72.8^q	84.8	89.1^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	1.3	1.6	1.6ⁿ
Threatened species (number)	67	123	127^d
Forested area (% of land area)	22.6	22.5	22.5ⁿ
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	41.9 / 4.3	42.9 / 4.4	44.2 / 4.5ⁿ
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	471	449	452ⁿ
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	107	113	118ⁿ
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	14 316	7 417ⁱ	12 649^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	84.3	84.3	84.3^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	93.3 / 87.7	99.2 / 99.0	100.0 / 100.0^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	86.0 / 75.5	90.5 / 80.7	90.5 / 80.7^b
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^r (% of GNI)	0.13	2.25	0.87^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		2019
d		2023
e		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
h		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
l		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
m		Break in the time series.
n		2021
o		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
p		Population aged 16 to 74 years.
q		Users in the last 3 months.
r		Development Assistance Committee member (OECD).