Annual inflation since 1973
Hungary's average annual inflation from 1973 to today – from 30%+ in the 1990s to the 2023 spike.
- Latest
- 4.4%2025
- over one year
- +0.7 pp2024: 3.7%
- Record high
- 34.8%1991
- Record low
- −0.2%2014
- Data since
- 19733.4%
Annual inflation since 1973
About this indicator
A long-run annual series of average consumer price growth. After the transition, inflation peaked near 35% in 1991 and fell to single digits by the 2000s, before jumping above 17% again in 2023.
The latest figure (2025) is 4.4%, under the Orbán Viktor government. The series goes back to 1973; the highest value was 34.8% (1991) and the lowest −0.2% (2014).
Source: World Bank (WDI) (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG) · 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 | 4.2% | 4.4% | +0.2 pp | 4.6% |
Bajnai Gordon (MSZP)Bajnai · 2009–2010 | 6.0% | 4.2% | −1.8 pp | 4.2% |
Gyurcsány Ferenc (MSZP)Gyurcsány · 2004–2009 | 6.7% | 6.0% | −0.7 pp | 5.4% |
Medgyessy Péter (MSZP)Medgyessy · 2002–2004 | 9.1% | 6.7% | −2.4 pp | 5.5% |
Orbán Viktor (Fidesz)Orbán I · 1998–2002 | 14.1% | 9.1% | −5.0 pp | 9.6% |
Horn Gyula (MSZP)Horn · 1994–1998 | 18.9% | 14.1% | −4.7 pp | 21.1% |
Boross Péter (MDF)Boross · 1993–1994 | 22.5% | 18.9% | −3.6 pp | 18.9% |
Antall József (MDF)Antall · 1990–1993 | 17.1% | 22.5% | +5.3 pp | 27.3% |
Data table
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4% |
| 2024 | 3.7% |
| 2023 | 17.1% |
| 2022 | 14.6% |
| 2021 | 5.1% |
| 2020 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 3.3% |
| 2018 | 2.9% |
| 2017 | 2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4% |
| 2015 | −0.1% |
| 2014 | −0.2% |
| 2013 | 1.7% |
| 2012 | 5.7% |
| 2011 | 3.9% |
| 2010 | 4.9% |
| 2009 | 4.2% |
| 2008 | 6.0% |
| 2007 | 8.0% |
| 2006 | 3.9% |
| 2005 | 3.6% |
| 2004 | 6.7% |
| 2003 | 4.7% |
| 2002 | 5.2% |
| 2001 | 9.1% |
| 2000 | 9.8% |
| 1999 | 10.0% |
| 1998 | 14.1% |
| 1997 | 18.3% |
| 1996 | 23.5% |
| 1995 | 28.3% |
| 1994 | 18.9% |
| 1993 | 22.5% |
| 1992 | 23.7% |
| 1991 | 34.8% |
| 1990 | 28.4% |
| 1989 | 17.1% |
| 1988 | 15.7% |
| 1987 | 8.7% |
| 1986 | 5.3% |
| 1985 | 6.9% |
| 1984 | 8.5% |
| 1983 | 7.3% |
| 1982 | 6.8% |
| 1981 | 4.7% |
| 1980 | 9.3% |
| 1979 | 9.0% |
| 1978 | 4.7% |
| 1977 | 3.9% |
| 1976 | 5.2% |
| 1975 | 3.8% |
| 1974 | 1.8% |
| 1973 | 3.4% |
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