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Unemployment rate in Hungary

How hard is it to have a job there?

Hungary's unemployment rate is 4.52 % — #47 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

4.52%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Hungary over time

11.17 %7.29 %3.41 %11.17 % · 20103.41 % · 20192000: 6.56 %2001: 5.67 %2002: 5.61 %2003: 5.79 %2004: 5.83 %2005: 7.19 %2006: 7.49 %2007: 7.41 %2008: 7.82 %2009: 10.03 %2010: 11.17 %2011: 11.03 %2012: 11.00 %2013: 10.18 %2014: 7.72 %2015: 6.81 %2016: 5.12 %2017: 4.16 %2018: 3.67 %2019: 3.41 %2020: 4.25 %2021: 4.02 %2022: 3.58 %2023: 4.10 %2024: 4.50 %2025: 4.52 %2000201220254.52 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#47 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
62 %
77 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.02 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
6.65 pp
peak 11.17 % in 2010
Full series
▼ 2.04 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #11 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −0.73 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Hungary: ahead of 62 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentHungary 4.52 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Hungary is ahead of 62 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Hungary
45 United States4.20 %−0.32 pp
46 India4.22 %−0.30 pp
47 Hungary4.52 %—
48 China4.62 %+0.09 pp
49 Ireland4.63 %+0.11 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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