Inequality of income distribution

In 2024, Hungary's inequality of income distribution decreased by 0.9% compared to 2023, reaching 8.78.

Hungary accounts for 94.2% of the EU-27 total of 9.32.

Hungary ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.8% (from 8.46 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm151, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.