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Hungary: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1927–2025 · 45 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−4.80%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.1 pointsfrom −4.90%
Average, 2016–2025
−4.55%10 years
Record high and low
1.51% (1927)low −11.9% (1940)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-4.80
2024-4.90
2023-6.90
2022-6.10
2021-7.80
2020-6.70
2019-1.60
2018-2.30
2017-2.40
2016-2.00

Sources

  • Mitchell1927–1940
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • World Development Indicators1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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Hungary documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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