Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Hungary
Hungary: Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social was 25.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Hungary, 2000–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Hungary recorded 25.0% for proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.1% on the previous year and down 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Hungary peaked at 35.8% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 25.0%, in 2023.
Hungary ranks 64th of 127 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Hungary, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 30.9% | — |
| 2001 | 30.4% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 29.9% | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 32.0% | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 32.3% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 33.6% | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 33.5% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 34.5% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 35.7% | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 35.8% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 35.3% | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 34.4% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 33.8% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 32.8% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 30.6% | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 28.9% | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 30.4% | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 29.3% | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 28.4% | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 27.5% | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 26.2% | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 27.0% | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 26.9% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 25.0% | -7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.9% | 29.9% | 35.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.1% | 27.5% | 35.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.3% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 4 |
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 proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Hungary?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Hungary was 25.0% in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 35.8% in 2009.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.0% in 2023.
- How does Hungary rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services, social?
- Hungary ranks 64th out of 127 countries with data for 2023.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services, social rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Hungary data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social protection (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested).