Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Hungary
Hungary: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 74.3% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Hungary, 1987–2017
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Hungary is 74.3%, measured in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Hungary peaked at 98.7% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 74.3%, in 2017.
Hungary ranks 76th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 92.4% | 86.1% | 98.7% | 2 |
| 1990s | 90.9% | 87.1% | 94.1% | 4 |
| 2000s | 86.3% | 84.9% | 88.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 82.0% | 74.3% | 86.4% | 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Hungary?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Hungary was 74.3% in 2017, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 98.7% in 1989.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.3% in 2017.
- How does Hungary rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Hungary ranks 76th out of 120 countries with data for 2017.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. 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 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day. 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.