Current account balance
Hungary's current account balance as a share of GDP, annually since 1982.
- Latest
- 1.7%2025
- over one year
- −0.2 pp2024: 1.8%
- Record high
- 4.4%2016
- Record low
- −10.6%1993
- Data since
- 1982−2.2%
Current account balance
About this indicator
The current account sums up a country's trade in goods, services and income with the rest of the world. A persistent deficit signals external financing needs: in the mid-2000s it reached 7–10% of GDP, and in 2022 it turned deeply negative again due to the energy crisis.
The latest figure (2025) is 1.7%, under the Orbán Viktor government. The series goes back to 1982; the highest value was 4.4% (2016) and the lowest −10.6% (1993).
Source: World Bank (WDI) (BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS) · Updated: 27 Oct 2026 21:41 UTC · Download data (CSV)
By government
The value when each government took office and when it left (or the latest figure), plus the average during the term.
| Government | At start | At end / now | Change | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Magyar Péter (Tisza)Magyar · 2026–in office | no data yet | – | – | – |
Orbán Viktor (Fidesz)Orbán II–V · 2010–2026 | −1.2% | 1.7% | +2.9 pp | 0.2% |
Bajnai Gordon (MSZP)Bajnai · 2009–2010 | −7.3% | −1.2% | +6.0 pp | −1.2% |
Gyurcsány Ferenc (MSZP)Gyurcsány · 2004–2009 | −9.1% | −7.3% | +1.8 pp | −7.9% |
Medgyessy Péter (MSZP)Medgyessy · 2002–2004 | −6.1% | −9.1% | −3.0 pp | −7.9% |
Orbán Viktor (Fidesz)Orbán I · 1998–2002 | −7.6% | −6.1% | +1.5 pp | −7.8% |
Horn Gyula (MSZP)Horn · 1994–1998 | −9.4% | −7.6% | +1.7 pp | −4.9% |
Boross Péter (MDF)Boross · 1993–1994 | −10.6% | −9.4% | +1.2 pp | −9.4% |
Antall József (MDF)Antall · 1990–1993 | −1.9% | −10.6% | −8.7 pp | −1.9% |
Data table
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.7% |
| 2024 | 1.8% |
| 2023 | −0.0% |
| 2022 | −8.8% |
| 2021 | −4.3% |
| 2020 | −1.0% |
| 2019 | −0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.7% |
| 2016 | 4.4% |
| 2015 | 2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.7% |
| 2013 | 3.0% |
| 2012 | 1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4% |
| 2010 | −0.2% |
| 2009 | −1.2% |
| 2008 | −7.3% |
| 2007 | −7.3% |
| 2006 | −7.3% |
| 2005 | −9.9% |
| 2004 | −9.1% |
| 2003 | −8.3% |
| 2002 | −6.4% |
| 2001 | −6.1% |
| 2000 | −8.8% |
| 1999 | −8.4% |
| 1998 | −7.6% |
| 1997 | −4.5% |
| 1996 | −4.0% |
| 1995 | −3.7% |
| 1994 | −9.4% |
| 1993 | −10.6% |
| 1992 | 0.9% |
| 1991 | 1.2% |
| 1990 | 1.1% |
| 1989 | −1.9% |
| 1988 | −1.9% |
| 1987 | −2.5% |
| 1986 | −5.5% |
| 1985 | −2.1% |
| 1984 | 0.2% |
| 1983 | −0.8% |
| 1982 | −2.2% |
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