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Hungary: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1981–2025 · 45 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
47.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
0.0 pointsfrom 47.3%
Average, 2016–2025
47.7%10 years
Record high and low
55.0% (1995)low 45.8% (2019)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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42%44%46%48%50%52%54%56%19902000201020202030HungaryHungary
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203144.9Forecast
203045.0Forecast
202945.0Forecast
202844.5Forecast
202744.0Forecast
202645.1Forecast
202547.3
202447.3
202349.7
202249.1
202148.1
202051.0
201945.8
201845.9
201746.6
201646.7

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1981–2024
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1995–2023
  • AMECO (European Commission)1995–2025
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1995–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1995–2025
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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