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Hungary: Inflation

Percent · 1924–2025 · 101 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
4.42%percent
Change on 2024
+0.6 pointsfrom 3.80%
Average, 2016–2025
5.73%10 years
Record high and low
24,185% (1945)low −14.1% (1925)

Inflation

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20313.01Forecast
20303.00Forecast
20292.98Forecast
20283.06Forecast
20273.47Forecast
20262.91Forecast
20254.42
20243.80
202317.1
202214.6
20215.11
20203.33
20193.34
20182.85
20172.35
20160.395

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1924–2014
  • Historical Financial Statistics1925–1943
  • Mitchell1925–2009
  • Clio Infra1925–2010
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1926–1936
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1973–1997
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1973–2025
  • World Development Indicators1973–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1981–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2025
  • Bank for International Settlements1993–2025
  • Eurostat1996–2025
  • 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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