Hungary Inflation Rate

Last updated: 2026-01-15

Annual inflation

3.3%

YoY ending in Dec 2025

Monthly inflation

0.1%

December 2025

The graph above shows the annual inflation rates in Hungary covering the previous 10 calendar years, starting in 2016. For additional years, see the historical inflation rates. To calculate cumulative rates between two different periods, you can use the Hungary Inflation Calculator.

The current inflation rate in Hungary is 3.3%, which is calculated based on CPI (Consumer Price Index) values for the last 12 months ending in December 2025.

In December 2025, the monthly inflation rate was 0.1.

The following table contains recent YoY (Year-over-Year) and MoM (Month-over-Month) values.

Year Measure Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025 YoY 5.5 5.6 4.7 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 3.8 3.3
MoM 1.5 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
2024 YoY 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.7 4.0 3.7 4.1 3.4 3.0 3.2 3.7 4.6
MoM 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 -0.1 0.0 0.7 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5

Historical Annual Inflation Rates since 1981

The table below contains annual inflation rates in Hungary since 1981. The 'Inflation %' column indicates how much prices have changed since the previous year.

The 5-year and 10-year columns display rolling averages of annual inflation. For example, the 5-year average on the first row indicates that between 2020 and 2025, the average inflation rate was 8.85%. These values can be useful for long-term analysis and forecasting.

You can click or tap the table’s headers to sort the information.

Year Inflation (%) 5-year Avg. (%) 10-year Avg. (%)
1981 6.64 - -
1982 8.43 - -
1983 5.26 - -
1984 7.84 - -
1985 7.80 6.83 -
1986 5.38 6.96 -
1987 10.95 7.32 -
1988 14.80 8.96 -
1989 18.14 10.65 -
1990 33.35 14.77 10.73
1991 32.22 20.59 13.57
1992 25.55 23.74 15.24
1993 21.10 25.15 16.78
1994 21.20 25.52 17.85
1995 28.30 25.50 20.02
1996 19.81 23.32 21.94
1997 18.39 22.23 22.98
1998 10.30 20.52 22.82
1999 11.21 18.67 22.04
2000 10.1 15.03 20.15
2001 6.8 12.22 17.64
2002 4.8 9.63 15.76
2003 5.7 7.74 13.95
2004 5.5 7.10 12.74
2005 3.3 5.85 10.35
2006 6.5 4.83 8.46
2007 7.4 5.36 7.47
2008 3.5 5.63 6.68
2009 5.6 5.13 6.11
2010 4.7 5.39 5.62
2011 4.1 5.39 5.11
2012 5.0 4.94 5.15
2013 0.4 4.07 4.85
2014 -0.9 3.17 4.14
2015 0.9 2.18 3.77
2016 1.8 1.47 3.41
2017 2.1 0.83 2.86
2018 2.7 1.05 2.55
2019 4.0 1.76 2.46
2020 2.7 2.45 2.31
2021 7.4 3.39 2.43
2022 24.5 5.76 3.27
2023 5.5 8.54 4.73
2024 4.6 8.62 5.14
2025 3.3 8.85 5.60

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