Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Hungary

Hungary: Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on was 0.9391 in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.9391
Change on year
up 3.9%
World rank
17th
of 64 countries
All-time high
0.9391
in 2020
All-time low
0.6448
in 1995
Years of data
26
1995–2020

Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Hungary, 1995–2020

00.20.40.60.811995200720201995: 0.6451996: 0.6861997: 0.7821998: 0.8631999: 0.8382000: 0.8182001: 0.8222002: 0.8772003: 0.7982004: 0.7742005: 0.7152006: 0.732007: 0.7712008: 0.7672009: 0.7232010: 0.7462011: 0.8472012: 0.7952013: 0.8222014: 0.8412015: 0.8752016: 0.9022017: 0.8942018: 0.8922019: 0.9042020: 0.939

Source: International Monetary Fund.

Analysis

In 2020, other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Hungary stood at 0.9391. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 25.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Hungary peaked at 0.9391 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6448, in 1995.

Hungary ranks 17th of 64 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Hungary, year by year

Annual values for Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government) in Hungary, 1995 to 2020.
Year Value Change
1995 0.6448
1996 0.6859 +6.4%
1997 0.7821 +14.0%
1998 0.8626 +10.3%
1999 0.8377 -2.9%
2000 0.8175 -2.4%
2001 0.8221 +0.6%
2002 0.877 +6.7%
2003 0.7977 -9.0%
2004 0.7738 -3.0%
2005 0.7149 -7.6%
2006 0.7298 +2.1%
2007 0.7708 +5.6%
2008 0.7672 -0.5%
2009 0.7226 -5.8%
2010 0.7462 +3.3%
2011 0.8468 +13.5%
2012 0.7952 -6.1%
2013 0.8224 +3.4%
2014 0.8406 +2.2%
2015 0.8747 +4.1%
2016 0.9018 +3.1%
2017 0.8936 -0.9%
2018 0.8921 -0.2%
2019 0.904 +1.3%
2020 0.9391 +3.9%

Hungary compared with similar countries

  • Hungary's 0.9391 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.6358, 1.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
  • Hungary's 0.9391 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7658, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7626 0.6448 0.8626 5
2000s 0.7793 0.7149 0.877 10
2010s 0.8517 0.7462 0.904 10
2020s 0.9391 0.9391 0.9391 1

Countries ranked near Hungary

  1. 14 Peru 0.9489 compare
  2. 15 Myanmar 0.9465 compare
  3. 16 Cyprus 0.9413 compare
  4. 18 Costa Rica 0.9377 compare
  5. 19 El Salvador 0.9338 compare
  6. 20 Thailand 0.9321 compare

See the full ranking of 64 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Hungary?
Other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Hungary was 0.9391 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
What is the highest other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Hungary?
The highest recorded value was 0.9391 in 2020.
What is the lowest other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Hungary?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6448 in 1995.
How does Hungary rank for other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on?
Hungary ranks 17th out of 64 countries with data for 2020.
Is other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on rising or falling in Hungary?
Over the last ten years it is up 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Hungary data come from?
The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government)
Source
International Monetary Fund
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Coverage
64 places, 1,068 data points, 1990–2020
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