Hungary — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Hungary, 1973–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4.41%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · +30.2% since 1973
Inflation for Hungary was 4.41% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 53 years, from 1973 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 34.82% in 1991. The lowest was -0.23% in 2014 (about -19.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.51% per year.
Hungary ranks 52 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 28%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.79%, so Hungary sits above it. It peaked in 1991 and has fallen 87% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 7257%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4.41%
First (1973)
3.39%
Change
+30.2%
Highest
34.82%
in 1991
Lowest
-0.23%
in 2014
Average
9.04%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.51%
Years of data
53
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.41% |
| 2024 | 3.7% |
| 2023 | 17.12% |
| 2022 | 14.61% |
| 2021 | 5.11% |
| 2020 | 3.33% |
| 2019 | 3.34% |
| 2018 | 2.85% |
| 2017 | 2.35% |
| 2016 | 0.39% |
| 2015 | -0.06% |
| 2014 | -0.23% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). 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.