Hungary — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Hungary, 1968–2025.
GDP per capita for Hungary was 25,907 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 58 years, from 1968 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 476 in 1968 (about 54.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 7.26% per year.
Hungary ranks 65 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 31%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 32,959, so Hungary sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 103%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 36 of 57 economies; Romania (22,538) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 26% in 2003. That is 43% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1968 level: doubled by 1974; grown tenfold by 1999. Doubling roughly every 9.9 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 50th of 126 in 1968 → 60th of 146 in 1970 → 66th of 163 in 1980 → 66th of 192 in 1990 → 72nd of 204 in 2000 → 70th of 212 in 2010 → 66th of 210 in 2020 → 49th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1968 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25,907.47 | +11.2% |
| 2024 | 23,305.45 | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 22,208.65 | +20.5% |
| 2022 | 18,428.03 | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 19,030.63 | +16.1% |
| 2020 | 16,386.93 | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 17,012.86 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 16,605.06 | +12.7% |
| 2017 | 14,736.17 | +11.5% |
| 2016 | 13,215.86 | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 12,782.94 | -10.9% |
| 2014 | 14,352.5 | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 13,739.46 | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 12,950.16 | -8.9% |
| 2011 | 14,211.46 | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 13,189.84 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 13,051.18 | -17.2% |
| 2008 | 15,762.63 | +13.1% |
| 2007 | 13,934.61 | +21.4% |
| 2006 | 11,478.49 | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 11,212.2 | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 10,291.27 | +22.4% |
| 2003 | 8,410.09 | +26.3% |
| 2002 | 6,658.04 | +26.1% |
| 2001 | 5,280.95 | +14.1% |
| 2000 | 4,629.92 | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 4,801.96 | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 4,751.77 | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 4,606.06 | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 4,542.01 | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 4,509.42 | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 4,187.03 | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 3,886.67 | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 3,747.33 | +11.5% |
| 1991 | 3,361.22 | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 3,323.54 | +14.5% |
| 1989 | 2,902.44 | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 2,812.24 | +9.6% |
| 1987 | 2,565.97 | +10.1% |
| 1986 | 2,330.84 | +15.4% |
| 1985 | 2,020.02 | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 1,991.24 | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 2,049.72 | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 2,255.06 | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 2,213.05 | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 2,158.22 | +15.7% |
| 1979 | 1,864.67 | +15.3% |
| 1978 | 1,617.88 | +16.5% |
| 1977 | 1,388.4 | +11.2% |
| 1976 | 1,248.8 | +15.3% |
| 1975 | 1,083.47 | +13.3% |
| 1974 | 955.87 | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 875.98 | +23.4% |
| 1972 | 709.65 | +16.9% |
| 1971 | 606.85 | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 559.2 | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 527.23 | +10.7% |
| 1968 | 476.43 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Hungary’s GDP per capita in 1969?
527.23 (1969). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Hungary’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Hungary’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1968 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +5337.8% in total — about 7.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 25,907.47; 2024: 23,305.45; 2023: 22,208.65; 2022: 18,428.03; 2021: 19,030.63. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.