Gini index — all countries

Gini index — Hungary

Gini index in Hungary in 2017 — 30.6 index. Ranked 21 in the world out of 78. Since 1987, the indicator has risen by 46.4%.

2017 30.6 index +0.99% vs 2016
World rank 21of 78
Period maximum 34.7 index2005
Period minimum 20.9 index1987

Trend over time

1987–2017 · index, 0–100

Gini index — Hungary, 1987–201720253035198719901993199619992002200520082011201420171987: 20.9 index1989: 25 index1991: 29.6 index1993: 27.9 index1994: 33.3 index1998: 26.4 index1999: 30.2 index2000: 27.2 index2001: 26.9 index2002: 26.8 index2003: 30.9 index2004: 29.9 index2005: 34.7 index2006: 28.3 index2007: 27.9 index2008: 27.5 index2009: 27 index2010: 29.4 index2011: 29.2 index2012: 30.8 index2013: 31.5 index2014: 30.9 index2015: 30.4 index2016: 30.3 index2017: 30.6 index
Change over the period: +9.7 (+46.41%) Average annual rate: 1.28 %
Gini index — Hungary, by year Hungary All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2017 30.6 +0.3 +0.99%
2016 30.3 −0.1 −0.33%
2015 30.4 −0.5 −1.62%
2014 30.9 −0.6 −1.9%
2013 31.5 +0.7 +2.27%
2012 30.8 +1.6 +5.48%
2011 29.2 −0.2 −0.68%
2010 29.4 +2.4 +8.89%
2009 27 −0.5 −1.82%
2008 27.5 −0.4 −1.43%
2007 27.9 −0.4 −1.41%
2006 28.3 −6.4 −18.44%
2005 34.7 +4.8 +16.05%
2004 29.9 −1 −3.24%
2003 30.9 +4.1 +15.3%
2002 26.8 −0.1 −0.37%
2001 26.9 −0.3 −1.1%
2000 27.2 −3 −9.93%
1999 30.2 +3.8 +14.39%
1998 26.4
1994 33.3 +5.4 +19.35%
1993 27.9
1991 29.6
1989 25
1987 20.9

About the indicator

The Gini index measures how far the distribution of income (or consumption) in a country departs from a perfectly even one. A value of 0 would mean everyone receives the same, 100 that all income goes to one person. Values below 30 are typical of Northern and Central Europe, values above 50 of a number of countries in Latin America and Southern Africa.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups, and this is not a gap: the inequality of a group does not follow from country-level Gini values — it requires the income distribution of all its residents at once. The data rest on household surveys, are not available for every year, and the base may be either income or consumption.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.