Consumer price inflation in Hungary

Consumer prices in Hungary changed by 4.4% in 2025.

Measure: Consumer price inflation (World Bank) Unit: Annual % change Data: 1973 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Hungary, 2025 4.4% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +0.7percentage points 2024: 3.7%
European Union, 2025 2.5% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 2.5% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 43rd of 169 See the full ranking

Consumer price inflation in Hungary over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Consumer price inflation (World Bank) (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period HungaryEuropean Union
2025 4.4% 2.5%
2024 3.7% 2.4%
2023 17.1% 6.3%
2022 14.6% 8.8%
2021 5.1% 2.6%
2020 3.3% 0.5%
2019 3.3% 1.6%
2018 2.9% 1.7%
2017 2.3% 1.4%
2016 0.4% 0.2%
2015 -0.1% -0.1%
2014 -0.2% 0.2%
2013 1.7% 1.2%
2012 5.7% 2.7%
2011 3.9% 3.3%
2010 4.9% 1.5%
2009 4.2% 0.8%
2008 6.0% 4.2%
2007 8.0% 2.5%
2006 3.9% 2.7%
2005 3.6% 2.5%
2004 6.7% 2.3%
2003 4.7% 2.1%
2002 5.2% 2.4%
2001 9.1% 3.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 3.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -0.1%, the figure has changed by +4.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 169 countries with data for 2025, Hungary has the 43rd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 2.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1973 to 2025 for Hungary
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics