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Hungary: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1925–2025 · 47 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
37.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.3 pointsfrom 37.3%
Average, 2016–2025
36.3%10 years
Record high and low
59.5% (1940)low 19.8% (1926)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202537.0
202437.3
202339.4
202239.2
202138.4
202038.8
201932.9
201833.3
201733.9
201632.8

Sources

  • Mitchell1925–1940
  • World Development Indicators1995–2022
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1995–2024
  • Eurostat1995–2025

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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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