Human Development & Quality of Life in Hungary
HDI 0.870 · UNDP rank 46 · latest published data
Hungary's 2023 HDI is 0.870, placing it 46 in UNDP's table and in the very high human development category. The aggregate hides useful detail: Inequality produces a visible but not dominant adjustment, taking HDI 0.870 to IHDI 0.819 with a 5.9% loss. The profile also records that the income component uses GNI per capita of $37,236 in 2021 PPP dollars.
What sits inside Hungary's HDI
In the figures presented here, Hungary's 2023 HDI inputs include life expectancy of 77.0, expected schooling of 15.5, mean schooling of 12.3, and GNI per capita of $37,236 in 2021 PPP dollars. Together they explain the headline index without turning any single input into a separate ranking.
Inequality changes the headline
For Hungary, IHDI asks how the HDI changes once unequal achievement across people is considered, the adjustment is about distribution rather than subjective well-being.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
The broader UNDP dashboard for Hungary adds GDI 0.989, GII 0.213, PHDI 0.757 to the HDI result. Each measure has a different definition, so they are not combined.
A separate quality-of-life signal
The page can add a comparable subjective well-being result for Hungary, 7.20/10 in 2023. A life-satisfaction result is not an input to HDI and remains a separate quality-of-life signal.
What Hungary's numbers say together
Hungary's non-headline measures include IHDI 0.819 with a 5.9% loss; PHDI 0.757 after a 13.0% adjustment; GDI 0.989; life satisfaction 7.20/10 (2023). They are related indicators, but they should not be combined into one country score.
UNDP reports a 2023 HDI of 0.870 for Hungary, with rank 46. That headline measure is useful for development comparison, but it is not a complete quality-of-life score.
The IHDI is 0.819, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 5.9% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.989 in group 1; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
For Hungary, the page shows a life-satisfaction observation of 7.20/10 from 2023. A life-satisfaction result is not an input to HDI and remains a separate quality-of-life signal.
Frequently asked questions
What is Hungary's HDI?
For the 2023 observation year, UNDP reports HDI 0.870 and rank 46 for Hungary.
How does inequality affect Hungary's HDI?
IHDI for Hungary is 0.819 in the 2023 table. That represents a 5.9% reduction from the headline development index. For the profile as a whole, treat the value as the published measure so the number is not mistaken for another indicator.
What is the life satisfaction score shown for Hungary?
For 2023, the OECD comparison used here gives Hungary a life-satisfaction observation of 7.20 on the 0-10 scale. Life satisfaction remains distinct from the health, education and income dimensions used by HDI.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI is an objective development index based on health, education and income. Life satisfaction remains distinct from the health, education and income dimensions used by HDI.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Source for the dated 0-10 life-satisfaction observation. This separate measure is not part of HDI.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.