Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Hungary
Hungary: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3058 in 2017. ▲ Rising
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Hungary, 1987–2017
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2017, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Hungary stood at 0.3058.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Hungary peaked at 0.3472 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.2088, in 1987.
That places Hungary 91st out of 120 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2297 | 0.2088 | 0.2505 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.3027 | 0.2794 | 0.3329 | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.2921 | 0.2696 | 0.3472 | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.3039 | 0.2916 | 0.315 | 8 |
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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 34.2% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.213 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 29.9% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0867 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0867 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1071 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1134 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Hungary?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Hungary was 0.3058 in 2017, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3472 in 2005.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2088 in 1987.
- How does Hungary rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Hungary ranks 91st out of 120 countries with data for 2017.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. 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.