Hungary

Hungary's real economy barely moved in 2025, growing 0.5%, yet US$ GDP rose 10.6% to US$246.5 billion, mostly exchange-rate and price effects. It held 56th place, between Iraq and Qatar, and is about the size of the St. Louis, MO metro area's 2024 GDP.

Services account for 60.1% of output, industry 23.0% and agriculture 2.7%, with manufacturing at 15.1%. Inflation was 4.4%, unemployment 4.5% and government gross debt 74.6% of GDP. GDP per capita of US$25,907 ranks 55th of 196, and 51st on a purchasing-power basis, for a population of 9.5 million. Hungary ranked 55th in 2000, when GDP was US$47.3 billion; output has grown 5.2 times in US$ terms since, leaving its position almost unchanged. The IMF projects GDP of US$321.9 billion by 2030, up 31%, which would put it 55th.