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Hungary — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Hungary, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4.52%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -46.8% since 1991
Unemployment for Hungary was 4.52% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 12.10% in 1993. The lowest was 3.41% in 2019 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.84% per year.
Hungary ranks 113 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 60%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Hungary sits below it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 63% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 34%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4.52%
First (1991)
8.50%
Change
-46.8%
Highest
12.10%
in 1993
Lowest
3.41%
in 2019
Average
7.29%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.84%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.52% |
| 2024 | 4.5% |
| 2023 | 4.1% |
| 2022 | 3.58% |
| 2021 | 4.02% |
| 2020 | 4.25% |
| 2019 | 3.41% |
| 2018 | 3.67% |
| 2017 | 4.16% |
| 2016 | 5.12% |
| 2015 | 6.81% |
| 2014 | 7.73% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. 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.