{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"hu-median-income","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/hu-median-income","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/hu-median-income/","title":"Median Equivalised Net Income in Hungary (2025)","description":"Hungary's Median Equivalised Net Income: 8,792 EUR per person in 2025, +3.6% YoY, roughly 38% of the EU-27 average. 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Equivalised income adjusts household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD scale, so the figure represents typical per-person purchasing power rather than a raw household total."},{"question":"How does Hungary's median income compare with the EU-27 average?","answer":"In 2025, Hungary's median equivalised net income was approximately 38% of the EU-27 average of 22,939 EUR, leaving an absolute gap of around 14,147 EUR. That proportional gap has likely narrowed compared with 2010, when Hungary's 4,241 EUR was around 29% of the EU-27's 14,521 EUR, even though the absolute euro gap has widened substantially (from about 10,280 EUR to 14,147 EUR)."},{"question":"How much has Hungary's median income grown since 2010?","answer":"Hungary's median equivalised net income rose from 4,241 EUR in 2010 to approximately 8,792 EUR in 2025 — more than doubling (+107%) over 15 years. The EU-27 average grew more slowly over the same period, from roughly 14,521 EUR to about 22,939 EUR (+58%), which is the main reason Hungary's income has likely been converging toward the EU average even as the absolute gap in euros has kept widening."},{"question":"Why did Hungary's median income decline in 2013?","answer":"The series shows a single-year contraction of -5.3% in 2013, from 4,696 EUR in 2012 to 4,449 EUR. This period likely coincides with the aftermath of Hungary's 2011–2012 fiscal and banking-sector strains, when household lending conditions tightened and the forint weakened against the euro — since EU-SILC converts local incomes into euros at prevailing rates, currency depreciation would depress the EUR-denominated figures independent of forint-denominated wage trends."},{"question":"Has convergence with the EU average been steady, or were there setbacks?","answer":"Convergence has not been linear. Growth was modest and choppy from 2013 through 2017 (ranging roughly +1.0% to +4.7% a year), then accelerated markedly from 2018 through 2022 with five consecutive years of growth above 3.5%, including +8.7%, +7.7%, and two years near +9.5%. Growth then slowed sharply to +1.9% in 2023 before jumping to +14.8% in 2024 — the largest single-year gain in the series — and settling back to +3.6% in 2025, suggesting the pace of convergence toward the EU-27 average has likely remained uneven rather than steady."}]}