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Hungary - Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP) 12.23

IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 77 economies tracked

Latest value

12.23 (2023)

Global rank

##35 of 77 economies

Share of global total

1.5%

Growth since 2017

0.89×

Ranking Race — Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#10#19#28#37#46#55201720222025#26#352021 overtook Latvia2022 overtook Czechia
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Real annual global ranks, 2017 - 2025. Hungary climbed from #26 to #35 (overtook Latvia). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Hungary ↓

Key Events — Hungary

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2021
Overtook Latvia in global rank auto
2022
Overtook Czechia in global rank auto

Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), 2017-2023

IMF Government Finance Statistics · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
20172022202312.2312.7113.213.68
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