Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Hungary
Hungary: Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl was 5.9% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Hungary, 2003–2015
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Hungary is 5.9%, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 81.8% on the previous year and up 121.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Hungary peaked at 5.9% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2003.
That places Hungary 6th out of 26 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.8% | 1.7% | 3.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 3.3% | 5.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More poverty & inequality data for Hungary
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.49 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 5,630 (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 34.19 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.213 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 29.85 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0867 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0867 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1071 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.1134 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Hungary?
- Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl in Hungary was 5.9% in 2015, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 5.9% in 2015.
- What is the lowest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2003.
- How does Hungary rank for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl?
- Hungary ranks 6th out of 26 countries with data for 2015.
- Is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (refl rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 121.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) by out-of-pocket payments (%, national). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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