Hungary
Inflation in Hungary
Inflation in Hungary: 9.3% a year in 1980 and 4.4% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 4.4% a year
- Since 1980
- −4.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 43 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 3% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 3% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 34.2% a year in 1991, the lowest -0.2% a year in 2014.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Hungary |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 17.1 |
| 2022 | 14.6 |
| 2021 | 5.1 |
| 2020 | 3.3 |
| 2019 | 3.4 |
| 2018 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 2.4 |
| 2016 | 0.4 |
| 2015 | -0.1 |
| 2014 | -0.2 |
| 2013 | 1.7 |
| 2012 | 5.7 |
| 2011 | 3.9 |
| 2010 | 4.9 |
| 2009 | 4.2 |
| 2008 | 6.1 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2006 | 3.9 |
| 2005 | 3.6 |
| 2004 | 6.8 |
| 2003 | 4.7 |
| 2002 | 5.3 |
| 2001 | 9.2 |
| 2000 | 9.8 |
| 1999 | 10 |
| 1998 | 14.2 |
| 1997 | 18.3 |
| 1996 | 23.5 |
| 1995 | 28.3 |
| 1994 | 18.9 |
| 1993 | 22.5 |
| 1992 | 23 |
| 1991 | 34.2 |
| 1990 | 29 |
| 1989 | 17 |
| 1988 | 15.8 |
| 1987 | 8.7 |
| 1986 | 5.3 |
| 1985 | 7 |
| 1984 | 8.7 |
| 1983 | 6.4 |
| 1982 | 7 |
| 1981 | 4.5 |
| 1980 | 9.3 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Hungary |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.9 |
| 2027 | 2.8 |
| 2028 | 3 |
| 2029 | 3 |
| 2030 | 3 |
| 2031 | 3 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- 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 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$4.62B in 2025
- Military spending per person$518 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel46,000 people in 2020
- National power0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports402 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports11 million TIV in 2024
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