EU 20.40
· European ranking
14 / 30
Up 3 positions compared with previous year
Hungary: Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
19.50% of people
EU 20.40 · -0.9 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion ILC_PEPS11N
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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+56.41
30.50
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2+45.64
28.40
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3+30.26
25.40
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4+28.72
25.10
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5-17.95
16.00
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6-38.46
12.00
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7-44.62
10.80
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8-45.13
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.