Hungary vs Slovenia
Hungary vs Slovenia: Government debt
Government debt in 2025: 74.6% of GDP in Hungary and 65.1% of GDP in Slovenia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Hungary, by 9.5 percentage points, or 1.15 times that in Slovenia.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Hungary has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Slovenia.
- In 2025, Hungary ranked 34 and Slovenia ranked 46 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Hungary at 87.8% of GDP and Slovenia at 68.2% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Hungary | Slovenia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74.6 | 65.1 |
| 2024 | 73.5 | 66.3 |
| 2023 | 73.3 | 68.2 |
| 2022 | 74.1 | 72.8 |
| 2021 | 76.2 | 74.8 |
| 2020 | 78.7 | 80.2 |
| 2019 | 65 | 66 |
| 2018 | 68.8 | 71 |
| 2017 | 72 | 74.9 |
| 2016 | 74.7 | 79.4 |
| 2015 | 75.7 | 83.4 |
| 2014 | 76.5 | 81.1 |
| 2013 | 77.2 | 70.8 |
| 2012 | 78.4 | 54.1 |
| 2011 | 80.5 | 46.8 |
| 2010 | 80.2 | 38.6 |
| 2009 | 78.2 | 34.9 |
| 2008 | 71.8 | 21.9 |
| 2007 | 65.6 | 22.9 |
| 2006 | 64.5 | 26.2 |
| 2005 | 60.6 | 26.6 |
| 2004 | 58.9 | 27.1 |
| 2003 | 58.2 | 27 |
| 2002 | 55.6 | 27.7 |
| 2001 | 52.2 | 26.3 |
| 2000 | 55.6 | 26.1 |
| 1999 | 60.3 | 23.8 |
| 1998 | 60.4 | 22.8 |
| 1997 | 62.2 | 22.1 |
| 1996 | 71.2 | 21.6 |
| 1995 | 83.9 | 18.2 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Hungary | Slovenia |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 78.7 | 63.5 |
| 2027 | 81.4 | 64.1 |
| 2028 | 83.5 | 64.8 |
| 2029 | 85.1 | 65.9 |
| 2030 | 86.5 | 67 |
| 2031 | 87.8 | 68.2 |
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 Slovenia
Health
- Life expectancyHungary: 77 years in 2023Slovenia: 81.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHungary: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Slovenia: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHungary: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Slovenia: 1.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHungary: 100% in 2022Slovenia: 98.3% in 2022
- DepressionHungary: 2.77% in 2017Slovenia: 2.86% in 2017
- Suicide rateHungary: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Slovenia: 14.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHungary: 9.69 million people in 2023Slovenia: 2.12 million people in 2023
- Population growthHungary: 0.07% a year in 2023Slovenia: 0.08% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHungary: 1.49 births per woman in 2023Slovenia: 1.58 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHungary: 70.7% in 2025Slovenia: 56% in 2025
- Median ageHungary: 43.3 years in 2023Slovenia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHungary: 20.8% in 2023Slovenia: 21.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateHungary: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Slovenia: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHungary: 2.04% of GDP in 2025Slovenia: 1.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHungary: $4.62B in 2025Slovenia: $1.14B in 2025
- Military spending per personHungary: $518 in 2025Slovenia: $577 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHungary: 4.3% of government spending in 2025Slovenia: 3.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHungary: 46,000 people in 2020Slovenia: 7,000 people in 2020
- National powerHungary: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Slovenia: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHungary: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020Slovenia: 0.68% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHungary: 402 million TIV in 2025Slovenia: 19 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsHungary: 11 million TIV in 2024Slovenia: 3 million TIV in 2024