Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Hungary
Hungary: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 61.1% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Hungary, 1987–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Hungary stood at 61.1%. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Hungary peaked at 98.9% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 61.1%, in 2021.
That places Hungary 88th out of 119 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Hungary, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 88.5% | — |
| 1989 | 98.9% | +11.8% |
| 1991 | 89.0% | -10.1% |
| 1993 | 94.9% | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 90.2% | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 94.5% | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 90.2% | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 86.9% | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 87.8% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 88.5% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 87.6% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 89.4% | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 87.1% | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 87.4% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 88.5% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 86.7% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 85.3% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 83.0% | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 80.4% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 77.1% | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 73.2% | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 64.1% | -12.4% |
| 2020 | 61.5% | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 61.1% | -0.7% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 61.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 2.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 61.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 93.7% | 88.5% | 98.9% | 2 |
| 1990s | 92.1% | 89.0% | 94.9% | 4 |
| 2000s | 88.4% | 86.9% | 90.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 81.3% | 64.1% | 88.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.3% | 61.1% | 61.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More poverty & inequality data for Hungary
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Hungary?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Hungary was 61.1% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 98.9% in 1989.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.1% in 2021.
- How does Hungary rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Hungary ranks 88th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Hungary data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.