Hungary — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1927–2030 · 66 observations

About this series

The combined 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. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

Hungary's combined government deficit reading was −4.7% of GDP in 2025. The period change from −5.1% of GDP in 2024 was +0.4 percentage points.

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Latest observations

2017–2030

PeriodValue
2030-3.98 % of GDP
2029-4 % of GDP
2028-4.14 % of GDP
2027-4.19 % of GDP
2026-4.15 % of GDP
9 earlier values, back to 2017
2025-4.7 % of GDP
2024-5.1 % of GDP
2023-7 % of GDP
2022-6.2 % of GDP
2021-7.1 % of GDP
2020-7.5 % of GDP
2019-2 % of GDP
2018-2 % of GDP
2017-2.5 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.