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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Notification of balance and debt of the general government sector (first EDP notification in 2022)

The deficit of the general government sector was HUF 3,743 billion, 6.8% of GDP in 2021 based on preliminary data of national accounts. According to data produced in compliance with the methodological requirements of the system of national accounts (ESA 2010) the revenue of the general government sector was HUF 22,735 billion and its expenditure HUF 26 478 billion. Compared to 2020 revenues increased by 8.5% and expenditures by 7.1%.

In 2021 the deficit as a proportion of GDP was 6.8%, Balance of general government sector, year 2021 and the 4th quarter of 2021

According to preliminary data the deficit of the general government sector in 2021 was HUF 3,736 billion, 6.8% of GDP. The balance improved year-on-year by HUF 25 billion, or by 1.0 percentage points as a proportion of GDP.

Hungary, 2021 Q3

The performance of the Hungarian economy in the 1st – 3 rd quarters of 2021 surpassed the pandemic related low base of the previous year by 7.1%. Compared with the same period of 2020 consumer prices’ increase was 4.6% in the first ten months of the year, the majority of producer prices grew in an even more significant pace. Due to the growing death numbers, the January – September natural decrease of the population reached 42 thousand, surpassing the data of the previous year by 67%.

Hungary in Figures, 2020

Our publication, also highlighting the main effects of the pandemic, gives an overview of the social and economic trends in Hungary in 2020, including a 5% drop in GDP, putting us in the middle of the EU ranking, taking into use 28,000 new homes, the highest number since 2009, a nearly threefold increase in the share of people working remotely or from home as compared to the average for the past 10 years, a 42% increase in the value of mail order and internet retailing, and fewer accidents on the roads.

National accounts of Hungary, 2020 (2nd preliminary data)

Hungary’s gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices was nearly HUF 48 thousand billion in 2020, decreasing by 4.7% at constant prices compared to the previous year. The amount of gross domestic product per capita was HUF 4.9 million, or EUR 22 thousand in purchasing power standard. The deficit of the general government sector was HUF 3.8 thousand billion, 8.0% of GDP.