Government finance

Government finances offer important information regarding the economic status of a country, within it about the general government sector. As a main rule in the European Union member countries the government sector deficit may be 3% of the GDP at most; government debt ratio maximum 60% of the deficit. In case these conditions - the conditions for introducing the Euro also - are not met by a member state the excessive deficit procedure is launched against that state. Statistics regarding the government sector offer, beside deficit and debt related data, information about sums of revenue and expenditure as well as about their content.

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In 2020 the deficit as a proportion of GDP was 8.1%, Balance of general government sector, year 2020 and the 4th quarter of 2020

According to preliminary data the deficit of the general government sector in 2020 was HUF 3,870 billion, 8.1% of GDP. The balance deteriorated by HUF 2,882 billion, or by 6.0 percentage points as a proportion of GDP compared to the previous year. The significant deterioration was due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and to the regulations adopted for reducing these effects.

Hungary, 2020 Q3

In relation with the coronavirus pandemic the performance of the Hungarian economy decreased by 5.5% in the 1st – 3rd semesters of 2020, this result is replacing the 4-5% growths of the corresponding periods of the previous three years. During the same time the average GDP of the EU-27 states shrunk in a larger degree than the Hungarian one, by 7.0%. The population of Hungary decreased by 29 thousand people between January-October 2020 due to the natural decrease, this number is 5 thousand less year-on-year.

Notification of balance and debt of the general government sector (2nd EDP notification in 2020)

In 2019 the deficit of the general government sector was HUF 985 billion, 2.1% of the GDP based on the second preliminary data of the national accounts. According to data produced in compliance with the methodological requirements of the system of national accounts (ESA 2010) the revenues of the general government sector (HUF 20.7 thousand billion) increased by 8.9% and its expenditures (HUF 21.7 thousand billion) by 8.8%. The debt of the general government sector at the end of 2019 – based on data of the National Bank of Hungary – was HUF 31.1 billion, 65.4% of GDP.

National accounts of Hungary, 2019 (2nd preliminary data)

The volume of the gross domestic product (GDP) of Hungary was 4.6% larger in 2019 than a year earlier, and its value per capita approximated HUF 4.9 million. The deficit of the general government sector corresponded to 2.0% of GDP in 2019. Our publication contains in addition to the preliminary data for 2019 the final data for 2018, revised data for earlier years and the effects of a methodological change and routine revisions, the background to the calculations, too.