Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Hungary
Hungary: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3579 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Hungary, 1980–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Hungary is 0.3579, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Hungary peaked at 0.3597 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1547, in 1984.
Hungary ranks 90th of 109 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Hungary, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.1838 | — |
| 1982 | 0.1796 | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 0.1547 | -13.9% |
| 1987 | 0.171 | +10.5% |
| 1988 | 0.1804 | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 0.2629 | +45.7% |
| 1993 | 0.2618 | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.2595 | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.2567 | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.262 | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.2702 | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 0.2703 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.2807 | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 0.2799 | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.2968 | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3094 | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 0.3111 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.3103 | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.3196 | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3303 | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.3294 | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.3226 | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.3191 | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.3322 | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 0.3343 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.3268 | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.3419 | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 0.3358 | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 0.3378 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3391 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.3393 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3509 | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 0.3597 | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.3501 | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 0.3508 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.3579 | +2.0% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 0.3579 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.3617, 99% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 0.3579 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3666, 98% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Hungary changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +45.7% | 0.1804 | 0.2629 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.1739 | 0.1547 | 0.1838 | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.2655 | 0.2567 | 0.2807 | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.3128 | 0.2799 | 0.3303 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3398 | 0.3268 | 0.3597 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3529 | 0.3501 | 0.3579 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More poverty & inequality data for Hungary
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.49 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,630 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -9.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 34.19 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 34.2% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Hungary?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Hungary was 0.3579 in 2022, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3597 in 2019.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1547 in 1984.
- How does Hungary rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Hungary ranks 90th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.