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Hungary: At-risk-of-poverty rate

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Hungary Indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate Year: 2025

Country overview

Hungary

Current reading for At-risk-of-poverty rate in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate

Latest value

14.00 Percent of people

European ranking

21 / 30

No change from the previous year

Compared with Europe

-1.3 puntos

Hungary is 1.3 points below the European average.

EU: 15.32

Affected population

≈ 1.34 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 14.00 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 16.23 Percent of people

Internal regions

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Indicator: At-risk-of-poverty rate

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Észak-Magyarország

    +65.70

    23.20

  2. 2

    Észak-Alföld

    +57.90

    22.10

  3. 3

    Dél-Alföld

    +37.10

    19.20

  4. 4

    Dél-Dunántúl

    +28.60

    18.00

  5. 5

    Nyugat-Dunántúl

    -36.40

    8.90

  6. 6

    Pest

    -40.70

    8.30

  7. 7

    Közép-Dunántúl

    -45.70

    7.60

  8. 8

    Budapest

    -48.60

    7.20

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Hungary performs more favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Hungary

In Hungary, Poverty risk is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 14.0% versus 16.2% in 2025, with a gap of 2.2 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Hungary, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 13.90% in 2020 to 14.00% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 14.30% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.

Regional differences in Hungary

In Hungary, regional differences in Poverty risk are pronounced. Across 8 comparable regions, Észak-Magyarország records the highest value (23.2%) and Budapest the lowest (7.2%), a gap of 16 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Hungary, Poverty & Financial Vulnerability shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.