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Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
Points to watch 2026.10.09
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Watch
New head of state since 2026.08.19: András Baka, replacing Tamás Sulyok. Wikidata
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Context
New head of government since 2026.05.09: Péter Magyar, replacing Viktor Orbán. Wikidata
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The Institute's composite reading
Risque élevé
4.7 /10 risk
- Security 0.0
- Legitimacy 5.2
- Economy 6.5
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 10 (list of 2026.10.02).
- Capital
- Budapest
- Population
- 9,539,502 inh.
- Area
- 93,028 km²
- Currency
- HUF
- Regime
- parliamentary republic
Executive in office
Head of State
András Baka
Head of Government
Péter Magyar
Government in office 10 members
ministre des Affaires étrangères de Hongrie
Anita Orbán
ministre de la Défense de Hongrie
Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi
ministre de l’Intérieur de la Hongrie
Gábor Pósfai
ministre des Finances
András Kármán
ministre de la Justice
Márta Görög
ministre hongrois de l'Éducation
Judit Lannert
Minister of Health
Zsolt Hegedűs
Minister of Social and Family Affairs
Vilmos Kátai-Németh
Minister of the Prime Minister's Office of Hungary
Bálint Ruff
ministre de l'Agriculture de Hongrie
Szabolcs Bóna
Parliament
Assemblée nationale
199 seats
Inception 1848
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
246 G$
GDP / capita
25,907 $
Growth
0.5 %
Inflation
4.4 %
Unemployment
4.5 %
Debt / GDP
82.0 %
Defense / GDP
2.2 %
Life expectancy
76.7 yrs
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.42/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
65/100
Corruption (CPI)
40/100
Press freedom (RSF)
60/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2025
Global spending rank
#49
Annual budget
4.6 Md$
Defense effort
2.0 %PIB
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
152 Md$
Imports
144 Md$
Balance
8 Md$
Top exports
- 14.0% Voitures + pièces 21 Md$
- 22.0% Machines + électronique 33 Md$
Top imports
- 9.0% Voitures + pièces 13 Md$
- 7.0% Pétrole + gaz 10 Md$
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
65%
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GBR
72%
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FRA
78%
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DEU
78%
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RUS
33%
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CHN
36%
Abstention: 18%
Political calendar Institute · Wikipedia · 2026-10-08
Last election
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2026-04
TISZA 141 seats, Fidesz 52, MH 6 (of 199) · turnout 79.0%
Result read from Wikipedia on 2026.10.08 (CC BY-SA)
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2022-04-03
Législatives
Fidesz 54.1% (4e mandat consécutif Orbán)
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.87/1
Refugees hosted
71,332
Refugees originating
2,055
National anthem
Himnusz
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- NATO
- EU
- Schengen Area
- OECD
- WTO
- Council of Europe
- OSCE
- Visegrád Group
- Three Seas Initiative
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 4,399 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 4,047, or ×0.9.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Political calendar · Institute and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)