Tax revenue to GDP
Total tax and social contribution revenue as a share of GDP, annually since 1995, compared with the EU.
- Latest
- 35.4%2025
- over one year
- +0.1 pp2024: 35.3%
- Record high
- 40.3%1995
- Record low
- 33.7%2021
- Data since
- 199540.3%
Tax revenue to GDP
About this indicator
The broadest measure of the tax burden: all taxes and social contributions collected by the state relative to a year's economic output. In Hungary it is below the EU average – while consumption (VAT) is taxed at one of the highest rates.
The latest figure (2025) is 35.4%, under the Orbán Viktor government. The series goes back to 1995; the highest value was 40.3% (1995) and the lowest 33.7% (2021).
Source: Eurostat (gov_10a_taxag) · 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 | 39.0% | 35.4% | −3.6 pp | 36.8% |
Bajnai Gordon (MSZP)Bajnai · 2009–2010 | 39.5% | 39.0% | −0.5 pp | 39.0% |
Gyurcsány Ferenc (MSZP)Gyurcsány · 2004–2009 | 37.0% | 39.5% | +2.5 pp | 38.0% |
Medgyessy Péter (MSZP)Medgyessy · 2002–2004 | 38.1% | 37.0% | −1.1 pp | 37.3% |
Orbán Viktor (Fidesz)Orbán I · 1998–2002 | 37.8% | 38.1% | +0.3 pp | 38.6% |
Horn Gyula (MSZP)Horn · 1994–1998 | 40.3%* | 37.8% | −2.5 pp | 38.8% |
* The series starts during this term, so the starting value is the first available observation.
Data table
| Date | Hungary | EU average |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35.4% | – |
| 2024 | 35.3% | 40.2% |
| 2023 | 35.0% | 39.9% |
| 2022 | 35.2% | 40.7% |
| 2021 | 33.7% | 41.2% |
| 2020 | 35.8% | 41.0% |
| 2019 | 36.2% | 40.9% |
| 2018 | 36.8% | 41.1% |
| 2017 | 37.9% | 41.0% |
| 2016 | 39.1% | 40.9% |
| 2015 | 38.8% | 40.8% |
| 2014 | 38.5% | 41.0% |
| 2013 | 38.6% | 41.0% |
| 2012 | 39.1% | 40.4% |
| 2011 | 36.5% | 39.4% |
| 2010 | 37.0% | 39.0% |
| 2009 | 39.0% | 39.2% |
| 2008 | 39.5% | 39.5% |
| 2007 | 39.4% | 40.1% |
| 2006 | 36.5% | 40.0% |
| 2005 | 36.6% | 39.7% |
| 2004 | 37.0% | 39.5% |
| 2003 | 37.4% | 39.8% |
| 2002 | 37.5% | 39.8% |
| 2001 | 38.1% | 40.2% |
| 2000 | 39.3% | 41.1% |
| 1999 | 38.5% | 41.7% |
| 1998 | 37.8% | 41.2% |
| 1997 | 37.8% | 41.4% |
| 1996 | 39.3% | 41.1% |
| 1995 | 40.3% | 40.6% |