EU 16.23
· European ranking
21 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Hungary: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
14.00% of people
EU 16.23 · -2.2 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
Explore this indicator
Regional map
· 2025 · 8 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+65.71
23.20
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2+57.86
22.10
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3+37.14
19.20
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4+28.57
18.00
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5-36.43
8.90
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6-40.71
8.30
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7-45.71
7.60
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8-48.57
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.