Hungary vs Slovakia
Hungary vs Slovakia: Government debt
Government debt in 2025: 74.6% of GDP in Hungary and 61.4% of GDP in Slovakia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Hungary, by 13.2 percentage points, or 1.21 times that in Slovakia.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Hungary has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1995.
- In 2025, Hungary ranked 34 and Slovakia ranked 53 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Hungary at 87.8% of GDP and Slovakia at 72.1% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Hungary | Slovakia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74.6 | 61.4 |
| 2024 | 73.5 | 59.7 |
| 2023 | 73.3 | 55.8 |
| 2022 | 74.1 | 57.8 |
| 2021 | 76.2 | 60.2 |
| 2020 | 78.7 | 58.4 |
| 2019 | 65 | 48 |
| 2018 | 68.8 | 49.3 |
| 2017 | 72 | 51.4 |
| 2016 | 74.7 | 52.1 |
| 2015 | 75.7 | 51.6 |
| 2014 | 76.5 | 53.4 |
| 2013 | 77.2 | 54.6 |
| 2012 | 78.4 | 51.7 |
| 2011 | 80.5 | 43.3 |
| 2010 | 80.2 | 40.7 |
| 2009 | 78.2 | 36.4 |
| 2008 | 71.8 | 28.6 |
| 2007 | 65.6 | 30.4 |
| 2006 | 64.5 | 31.5 |
| 2005 | 60.6 | 35 |
| 2004 | 58.9 | 42 |
| 2003 | 58.2 | 43.6 |
| 2002 | 55.6 | 45.7 |
| 2001 | 52.2 | 51.4 |
| 2000 | 55.6 | 50.6 |
| 1999 | 60.3 | 47.1 |
| 1998 | 60.4 | 33.9 |
| 1997 | 62.2 | 32.8 |
| 1996 | 71.2 | 30.3 |
| 1995 | 83.9 | 21.3 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Hungary | Slovakia |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 78.7 | 62.2 |
| 2027 | 81.4 | 64.6 |
| 2028 | 83.5 | 65.5 |
| 2029 | 85.1 | 67.3 |
| 2030 | 86.5 | 69.6 |
| 2031 | 87.8 | 72.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Hungary vs Slovakia
Health
- Life expectancyHungary: 77 years in 2023Slovakia: 78.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHungary: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Slovakia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHungary: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Slovakia: 4.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHungary: 100% in 2022Slovakia: 99.2% in 2022
- DepressionHungary: 2.77% in 2017Slovakia: 2.4% in 2017
- Suicide rateHungary: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Slovakia: 9.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHungary: 9.69 million people in 2023Slovakia: 5.52 million people in 2023
- Population growthHungary: 0.07% a year in 2023Slovakia: 0.06% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHungary: 1.49 births per woman in 2023Slovakia: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHungary: 70.7% in 2025Slovakia: 53.2% in 2025
- Median ageHungary: 43.3 years in 2023Slovakia: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHungary: 20.8% in 2023Slovakia: 18.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateHungary: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Slovakia: 0.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHungary: 2.04% of GDP in 2025Slovakia: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHungary: $4.62B in 2025Slovakia: $2.87B in 2025
- Military spending per personHungary: $518 in 2025Slovakia: $568 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHungary: 4.3% of government spending in 2025Slovakia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHungary: 46,000 people in 2020Slovakia: 18,000 people in 2020
- National powerHungary: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Slovakia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHungary: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020Slovakia: 0.67% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHungary: 402 million TIV in 2025Slovakia: 445 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsHungary: 11 million TIV in 2024Slovakia: 9 million TIV in 2025