Hungary Historical Inflation Rates

The graph above displays annual inflation rates in Hungary for calendar years from 1981 to 2023. To calculate cumulative rates between two different periods, you can use the Hungary Inflation Calculator.

Historical Annual Inflation Rates from 1981

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

The 5-year and 10-year columns display the rolling average of the yearly inflation. For example, the 5-year avg. on the first row indicates that between 2018 and 2023, the average inflation rate was 8.54%. These values can be useful for long-term analysis and forecasting.

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

Monthly Inflation Rates (YoY) | 1981-2024

The following table contains YoY (year-over-year) inflation rates calculated from monthly CPI data publications. The value of each month indicates the rolling average inflation rate for the last 12 months.

This information is particularly useful to track inflation for the current year as it's not possible to calculate the final value until the year is over.

The values on the December column are equivalent to annual inflation rates. For example, the 5.5% rate shown under 2023 and December matches the value shown in the table above as the annual inflation rate.

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg.
1981 3.78 4.34 5.41 3.31 3.90 3.18 4.31 4.90 5.03 4.87 6.28 6.64 4.66
1982 6.06 5.10 3.82 5.75 5.76 7.10 6.26 7.20 9.05 9.16 8.27 8.43 6.83
1983 8.26 8.81 8.75 8.34 8.37 7.25 7.64 6.97 6.23 6.08 5.70 5.26 7.30
1984 5.87 8.22 8.74 9.33 9.36 9.32 10.48 9.07 8.05 7.57 7.80 7.84 8.47
1985 7.21 7.16 6.97 6.83 6.63 6.50 6.01 6.29 6.91 7.36 7.66 7.80 6.94
1986 7.24 5.36 5.21 5.19 4.91 4.20 4.47 5.02 5.27 5.56 5.73 5.38 5.30
1987 5.69 5.96 5.43 6.55 8.70 9.13 9.90 10.51 10.11 10.44 10.56 10.95 8.66
1988 17.79 17.77 17.80 16.93 14.86 13.38 14.81 14.95 15.36 15.42 15.13 14.80 15.75
1989 11.93 15.24 15.64 16.69 17.23 19.18 17.95 19.02 18.08 18.38 18.06 18.14 17.13
1990 22.70 24.32 25.99 26.58 26.85 26.32 27.88 29.12 31.06 31.42 33.58 33.35 28.26
1991 34.07 33.15 34.32 35.81 36.92 38.58 38.20 34.20 34.04 33.92 32.82 32.22 34.85
1992 28.19 26.27 24.80 22.53 23.24 22.62 19.50 21.43 22.27 23.80 24.46 25.55 23.72
1993 25.85 24.66 23.41 22.88 21.42 21.06 21.43 22.51 23.11 22.03 20.78 21.10 22.52
1994 17.00 16.61 16.89 17.36 18.29 19.20 20.04 19.60 18.96 19.55 21.12 21.20 18.82
1995 22.10 23.82 27.46 29.23 30.84 31.03 30.52 29.21 28.79 29.02 28.64 28.30 28.25
1996 28.87 28.26 25.67 24.42 23.93 23.56 22.91 22.86 22.20 21.03 20.14 19.81 23.64
1997 18.95 18.79 18.77 18.53 17.66 18.70 18.15 17.99 17.96 17.73 18.18 18.39 18.32
1998 17.67 17.05 16.40 15.99 15.81 14.14 14.07 13.45 12.51 12.27 11.21 10.30 14.24
1999 9.75 9.39 9.27 9.39 8.86 9.09 10.07 10.87 10.85 10.51 10.61 11.21 9.99
2000 10.0 9.8 9.6 9.2 9.1 9.1 9.6 9.6 10.3 10.4 10.6 10.1 9.78
2001 10.1 10.4 10.5 10.3 10.8 10.5 9.4 8.7 8.0 7.6 7.1 6.8 9.18
2002 6.6 6.2 5.9 6.1 5.6 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.8 5.28
2003 4.7 4.5 4.7 3.9 3.6 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.9 5.6 5.7 4.67
2004 6.6 7.1 6.7 6.9 7.6 7.5 7.2 7.2 6.6 6.3 5.8 5.5 6.75
2005 4.1 3.2 3.5 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.58
2006 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.5 5.9 6.3 6.4 6.5 3.92
2007 7.8 8.8 9.0 8.8 8.5 8.6 8.4 8.3 6.4 6.7 7.1 7.4 7.98
2008 7.1 6.9 6.7 6.6 7.0 6.7 6.7 6.5 5.7 5.1 4.2 3.5 6.06
2009 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.8 3.7 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.7 5.2 5.6 4.20
2010 6.4 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.1 5.3 4.0 3.7 3.8 4.2 4.2 4.7 4.89
2011 4.0 4.1 4.5 4.7 3.9 3.5 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.9 4.3 4.1 3.94
2012 5.5 5.9 5.5 5.7 5.3 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.6 6.0 5.2 5.0 5.68
2013 3.7 2.8 2.2 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.3 1.4 0.9 0.9 0.4 1.73
2014 0.0 0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 0.2 -0.5 -0.4 -0.7 -0.9 -0.21
2015 -1.4 -1.0 -0.6 -0.3 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.0 -0.4 0.1 0.5 0.9 -0.06
2016 0.9 0.3 -0.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.8 0.41
2017 2.3 2.9 2.7 2.2 2.1 1.9 2.1 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.5 2.1 2.34
2018 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.8 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.1 2.7 2.85
2019 2.7 3.1 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.9 3.4 4.0 3.35
2020 4.7 4.4 3.9 2.4 2.2 2.9 3.8 3.9 3.4 3.0 2.7 2.7 3.33
2021 2.7 3.1 3.7 5.1 5.1 5.3 4.6 4.9 5.5 6.5 7.4 7.4 5.11
2022 7.9 8.3 8.5 9.5 10.7 11.7 13.7 15.6 20.1 21.1 22.5 24.5 14.51
2023 25.7 25.4 25.2 24.0 21.5 20.1 17.6 16.4 12.2 9.9 7.9 5.5 17.62
2024 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.7 4.0 3.7 4.1 3.4 3.0 3.2 3.62

Monthly Inflation Rates (MoM) | 1980-2024

This table contains MoM (Month-over-Month) inflation rates calculated from official CPI data publications.

MoM measures are more volatile than YoY because they are influenced by short term events such changes in the monetary policy, stock market crashes or natural disasters.

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Avg.
1980 -0.14 0.98 0.42 -0.83 0.84 -0.55 -0.69 0.00 0.42 -0.14 0.84 0.10
1981 2.63 0.40 2.01 -1.58 -0.27 0.13 0.54 -0.13 0.13 0.27 1.20 1.18 0.54
1982 2.08 -0.51 0.77 0.25 -0.25 1.39 -0.25 0.75 1.87 0.37 0.36 1.33 0.68
1983 1.91 0.00 0.70 -0.12 -0.23 0.35 0.12 0.12 1.16 0.23 0.00 0.92 0.43
1984 2.50 2.22 1.19 0.43 -0.21 0.32 1.17 -1.16 0.21 -0.21 0.21 0.96 0.64
1985 1.90 2.17 1.01 0.30 -0.40 0.20 0.70 -0.89 0.80 0.20 0.50 1.09 0.63
1986 1.37 0.39 0.86 0.29 -0.66 -0.48 0.96 -0.38 1.05 0.47 0.66 0.75 0.44
1987 1.67 0.64 0.36 1.36 1.34 -0.09 1.67 0.17 0.69 0.77 0.77 1.10 0.87
1988 7.94 0.62 0.38 0.61 -0.46 -1.38 2.95 0.30 1.05 0.82 0.52 0.81 1.18
1989 5.24 3.60 0.73 1.53 0.00 0.26 1.89 1.21 0.25 1.07 0.25 0.87 1.41
1990 9.31 4.96 2.10 2.00 0.21 -0.15 3.15 2.20 1.76 1.35 1.90 0.70 2.46
1991 9.89 4.25 2.99 3.13 1.03 1.05 2.87 -0.76 1.64 1.26 1.06 0.25 2.39
1992 6.54 2.69 1.79 1.26 1.61 0.55 0.24 0.85 2.34 2.52 1.60 1.13 1.93
1993 6.79 1.72 0.77 0.81 0.40 0.25 0.55 1.74 2.84 1.62 0.56 1.40 1.62
1994 3.17 1.38 1.01 1.22 1.20 1.02 1.26 1.37 2.29 2.12 1.88 1.46 1.62
1995 3.95 2.81 3.98 2.63 2.46 1.17 0.87 0.35 1.97 2.30 1.58 1.20 2.10
1996 4.41 2.32 1.88 1.60 2.06 0.86 0.34 0.31 1.42 1.32 0.83 0.92 1.52
1997 3.65 2.19 1.86 1.40 1.31 1.76 -0.13 0.18 1.40 1.12 1.22 1.10 1.42
1998 3.02 1.66 1.29 1.04 1.15 0.29 -0.19 -0.36 0.56 0.90 0.27 0.27 0.82
1999 2.51 1.33 1.18 1.15 0.66 0.49 0.70 0.37 0.54 0.59 0.36 0.81 0.89
2000 1.5 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.5 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.81
2001 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.1 -0.2 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.56
2002 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.5 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.41
2003 1.2 0.8 0.9 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 -0.3 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.48
2004 2.1 1.2 0.5 0.3 0.9 0.1 0.0 -0.3 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.46
2005 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.0 -0.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.29
2006 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 2.5 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.53
2007 1.2 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.62
2008 1.0 1.1 0.6 0.3 1.1 0.1 0.1 -0.3 0.0 0.2 -0.2 -0.3 0.31
2009 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.8 1.5 0.1 1.3 -0.3 -0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.48
2010 1.4 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.1 -0.6 -0.1 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.38
2011 0.7 0.4 1.1 0.6 0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.33
2012 2.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.40
2013 0.8 -0.1 0.3 0.3 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 -0.3 0.5 -0.3 -0.1 -0.5 0.03
2014 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.2 0.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 -0.7 -0.08
2015 -0.2 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.2 0.0 -0.3 0.08
2016 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.8 0.3 0.2 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.16
2017 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.19
2018 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.5 -0.3 -0.3 0.23
2019 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7 -0.2 0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.35
2020 0.9 0.3 0.2 -0.6 0.4 0.4 1.1 0.0 -0.4 0.2 -0.2 0.3 0.22
2021 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.60
2022 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.6 1.7 1.5 2.3 1.8 4.1 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.85
2023 2.3 0.8 0.8 0.7 -0.4 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 0.46
2024 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 -0.1 0.0 0.7 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.35

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