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Hungary: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

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

Country: Hungary Indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion Year: 2025

Country overview

Hungary

Current reading for Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Latest value

19.50 Percent of people

European ranking

14 / 30

Compared with Europe

-0.5 puntos

Hungary is 0.5 points below the European average.

EU: 20.04

Affected population

≈ 1.86 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 19.50 Percent of people Europe benchmark: 20.40 Percent of people

Internal regions

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Indicator: Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Észak-Magyarország

    +56.40

    30.50

  2. 2

    Észak-Alföld

    +45.60

    28.40

  3. 3

    Dél-Dunántúl

    +30.30

    25.40

  4. 4

    Dél-Alföld

    +28.70

    25.10

  5. 5

    Pest

    -17.90

    16.00

  6. 6

    Nyugat-Dunántúl

    -38.50

    12.00

  7. 7

    Közép-Dunántúl

    -44.60

    10.80

  8. 8

    Budapest

    -45.10

    10.70

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Hungary performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to confirmed stability. 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 or exclusion is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 19.5% versus 20.4% in 2025, a gap of 0.9 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Hungary, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 19.40% in 2020 to 19.50% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 19.30% in 2024, confirming the stable reading.

Regional differences in Hungary

In Hungary, regional differences in Poverty or exclusion are pronounced. Across 8 comparable regions, Észak-Magyarország records the highest value (30.5%) and Budapest the lowest (10.7%), a gap of 19.8 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.