Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Hungary
1.8% of people in Hungary lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2017.
The latest value for Hungary is for 2017. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Hungary, 2017
1.8%
Change from 2016
−0.3percentage points
World, 2017
23.6%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2017
0.4%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Hungary over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Hungary | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | – | 19.3% |
| 2022 | – | 20.5% |
| 2021 | – | 21.4% |
| 2020 | – | 22.1% |
| 2018 | – | 22.3% |
| 2017 | 1.8% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 1.5% | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 1.4% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | 39.3% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | 40.5% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 1.8% | 43.7% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | 45.4% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | 47.2% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | 48.6% |
| 2001 | 1.0% | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 2.1% in 2016.
- Since 2007, when it was 0.6%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2017 was 23.6%.
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Extreme poverty rate
0.9%
2017 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
4.9%
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At-risk-of-poverty rate
14.0%
2025 · Eurostat
Poverty or social exclusion rate
19.5%
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Income inequality (Gini)
29.5 (0 to 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
4.68 times
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