Hungary — Central government deficit

millions of LCU · Annual · 1900–2025 · 49 observations

About this series

The central government deficit series records the period's fiscal balance under the source's accounting and sign convention. A deficit indicates a shortfall; the series is a flow, not a debt stock.

Hungary's central government deficit reading was −4.12T LCU in 2025. The period change from −3.98T LCU in 2024 was −134.97B LCU. The corresponding ratio to GDP was −4.8% in 2025.

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Latest observations

2016–2025

PeriodValue
2025-4.12T LCU
2024-3.98T LCU
2023-5.18T LCU
2022-4.04T LCU
2021-4.33T LCU
5 earlier values, back to 2016
2020-3.27T LCU
2019-767.05B LCU
2018-1.00T LCU
2017-944.06B LCU
2016-726.24B LCU
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.