Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Hungary
4.9% of people in Hungary lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2017.
The latest value for Hungary is for 2017. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Hungary, 2017
4.9%
Change from 2016
+0.6percentage points
World, 2017
51.5%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2017
1.1%
Poverty rate at $8.30 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 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | – | 47.1% |
| 2022 | – | 48.3% |
| 2021 | – | 48.7% |
| 2020 | – | 50.4% |
| 2018 | – | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 4.9% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 4.3% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 6.4% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 8.3% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 10.6% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 11.6% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 8.7% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 9.0% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 7.7% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 6.7% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 6.9% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 7.0% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 10.4% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 9.4% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 13.9% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 13.7% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | 14.4% | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 4.3% in 2016.
- Since 2007, when it was 6.9%, the figure has changed by −2.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2017 was 51.5%.
More for Hungary
All statistics for Hungary
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
1.8%
2017 · World Bank
At-risk-of-poverty rate
14.0%
2025 · Eurostat
Poverty or social exclusion rate
19.5%
2025 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
29.5 (0 to 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
4.68 times
2025 · Eurostat
Severe material and social deprivation
8.5%
2025 · Eurostat