Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Hungary
Hungary: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank was 0.3579 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Hungary, 1980–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2022, gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Hungary stood at 0.3579.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank 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.
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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 29.9% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1134 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Hungary?
- Gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank 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 gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3597 in 2019.
- What is the lowest gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1547 in 1984.
- How does Hungary rank for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank?
- Hungary ranks 90th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank 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 Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank. 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.