Government debt, quarterly in Hungary

Government debt in Hungary was equal to 75.6% of GDP at the end of Q2 2026.

Measure: Government debt, quarterly Unit: % of GDP Data: Q4 1995 to Q2 2026 Source: Eurostat
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
Hungary, Q2 2026 75.6%p (Provisional) % of GDP
Change from Q1 2026 −2.0percentage points Q1 2026: 77.6%
European Union, Q2 2026 82.9%p (Provisional) Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), Q2 2026 59.4% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in Q2 2026 9th of 28 See the full ranking

Government debt, quarterly in Hungary over time

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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Government debt, quarterly (% of GDP), Q1 2017 to Q2 2026
Period HungaryEuropean Union
Q2 2026 75.6%p (provisional) 82.9%p (provisional)
Q1 2026 77.6%p (provisional) 82.5%p (provisional)
Q4 2025 74.4% 81.5%p (provisional)
Q3 2025 74.6% 81.7%p (provisional)
Q2 2025 75.8% 81.4%p (provisional)
Q1 2025 75.2% 81.0%p (provisional)
Q4 2024 73.5% 80.3%p (provisional)
Q3 2024 75.8% 80.8%p (provisional)
Q2 2024 76.1% 80.9%p (provisional)
Q1 2024 76.3% 80.7%p (provisional)
Q4 2023 73.2% 80.3%p (provisional)
Q3 2023 74.7% 81.1%p (provisional)
Q2 2023 75.1% 81.7%p (provisional)
Q1 2023 75.4% 82.1%p (provisional)
Q4 2022 74.1% 82.3%p (provisional)
Q3 2022 75.5% 83.4%p (provisional)
Q2 2022 76.5% 84.8%p (provisional)
Q1 2022 76.7% 86.0%p (provisional)
Q4 2021 76.2% 86.6%p (provisional)
Q3 2021 79.1% 88.6%p (provisional)
Q2 2021 76.2% 89.6%p (provisional)
Q1 2021 79.6% 91.4%p (provisional)
Q4 2020 78.7% 89.4%p (provisional)
Q3 2020 72.8% 88.9%p (provisional)
Q2 2020 69.5% 86.9%p (provisional)
Q1 2020 65.2% 79.0%p (provisional)
Q4 2019 65.0% 77.4%p (provisional)
Q3 2019 66.7% 78.9%p (provisional)
Q2 2019 66.8% 79.5%p (provisional)
Q1 2019 68.1% 79.8%p (provisional)
Q4 2018 68.8% 79.4%p (provisional)
Q3 2018 70.7% 80.6%p (provisional)
Q2 2018 72.3% 80.8%p (provisional)
Q1 2018 72.1% 81.3%p (provisional)
Q4 2017 72.0% 81.5%
Q3 2017 72.9% 82.9%
Q2 2017 74.3% 84.0%
Q1 2017 74.9% 84.2%

Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.0 percentage points from 77.6% in Q1 2026.
  • Since Q4 2023, when it was 73.2%, the figure has changed by +2.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 28 countries with data for Q2 2026, Hungary has the 9th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in Q2 2026 was 82.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
gov_10q_ggdebt · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=Q unit=PC_GDP sector=S13 na_item=GD
Observation period
Q4 1995 to Q2 2026 for Hungary
Provider update
21 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat