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Hungary: Economic System


Population, 2021: 9.71 million
Gross National Income, Atlas method (Current USD) (Billions), 2021: $172.63
GNI per capita, Atlas method (Current USD), 2021: $17,780
Income Share Held by Lowest 20% (2021): 8.1%
Gross Domestic Product (Current USD) (Billions), 2021: $182.28

Source: World Development Indicators database. Country: Hungary. World Bank. Accessed October 30, 2023.


Population, 2021: 9,710,000
Gross Domestic Product Per Capita (Current USD) (2010-2019): $16,730
Share of Household Income (2010-2019):
    Bottom 40%: 22%; Top 20%: 38%; Bottom 20%: 8%
Gini Coefficient (2010-2019): 28
Palma Index of Income Inequality (2010-2019): 1.0

Note: Gini coefficient – Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.
Palma index of income inequality – Palma index is defined as the ratio of the richest 10% of the population’s share of gross national income divided by the poorest 40%’s share.

Source: United Nations Children’s Fund, The State of the World’s Children 2023: For every child, vaccination, UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight, Florence, April 2023.


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