Social expenditure aggregates in Hungary
Hungary: Social expenditure aggregates was 18 Percentage of GDP in 2024. ▼ Falling
Social expenditure aggregates in Hungary, 1999–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Hungary recorded 18 Percentage of GDP for social expenditure aggregates in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social expenditure aggregates in Hungary peaked at 23.24 Percentage of GDP in 2009 and was at its lowest, 17.49 Percentage of GDP, in 2019.
That places Hungary 23rd out of 33 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.82 Percentage of GDP | 20.82 Percentage of GDP | 20.82 Percentage of GDP | 1 |
| 2000s | 21.58 Percentage of GDP | 19.75 Percentage of GDP | 23.24 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.7 Percentage of GDP | 17.49 Percentage of GDP | 22.86 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.24 Percentage of GDP | 17.72 Percentage of GDP | 18.99 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More social development data for Hungary
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 71,332 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 2,055 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 3 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 3 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2,055 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0075 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is social expenditure aggregates in Hungary?
- Social expenditure aggregates in Hungary was 18 Percentage of GDP in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest social expenditure aggregates recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 23.24 Percentage of GDP in 2009.
- What is the lowest social expenditure aggregates recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.49 Percentage of GDP in 2019.
- How does Hungary rank for social expenditure aggregates?
- Hungary ranks 23rd out of 33 countries with data for 2024.
- Is social expenditure aggregates rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Hungary data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Social expenditure aggregates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX) has been developed in order to serve a growing need for indicators of social policy. It includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level. SOCX provides a unique tool for monitoring trends in aggregate social expenditure and analysing changes in its composition. It covers 38 OECD countries and some accession countries for the period 1980-2021/23 and estimates for aggregates for 2022-24. A Social Expenditure Update can be found under www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/social-expenditure-database-socx.htm. The main social policy areas are as follows: Old age, Survivors, Incapacity-related benefits, Health, Family, Active labor market programmes, Unemployment, Housing, and Other social policy areas. This version also includes estimates of net total social spending for 2021 for 38 OECD countries. SOCX aggregated data as well as sources and methodology are described in The OECD SOCX Manual – 2019 edition- A guide to the OECD Social Expenditure Database.