Hungary: jobs
Hungary's jobs figures from Eurostat, set against the other EU states. Every figure links to the table it was read from; where Eurostat publishes nothing for Hungary, the page says so.
Employment rate: Hungary is the joint 7th highest of the 27 EU member states (2025).
ages 20 to 64, both sexes: 81.1%
Hungary against the EU
Each measure with the states ranked next to it. The latest year with a published figure is used.
Unemployment rate
ages 15 to 74, both sexes
Hungary: 4.4% in 2025, against 6.0% for the EU as a whole — the joint 19th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.
| Rank | Country | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Ireland | 4.7% |
| joint 19 | Cyprus | 4.4% |
| joint 19 | Hungary | 4.4% |
| joint 21 | Netherlands | 3.9% |
| joint 21 | Slovenia | 3.9% |
| — | European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked) | 6.0% |
Ranks compare the 27 EU member states. Eurostat’s figure for Cyprus covers the government-controlled area only.
Youth unemployment rate
ages 15 to 24, both sexes
Hungary: 13.9% in 2025, against 15.2% for the EU as a whole — the 15th highest of the 26 EU states with a figure for 2025.
| Rank | Country | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Latvia | 14.8% |
| 14 | Lithuania | 14.1% |
| 15 | Hungary | 13.9% |
| 16 | Denmark | 13.8% |
| 17 | Cyprus | 13.5% |
| — | European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked) | 15.2% |
Ranks compare the 27 EU member states. Eurostat’s figure for Cyprus covers the government-controlled area only.
Employment rate
ages 20 to 64, both sexes
Hungary: 81.1% in 2025, the joint 7th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.
| Rank | Country | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Cyprus | 81.3% |
| joint 7 | Germany | 81.1% |
| joint 7 | Hungary | 81.1% |
| 9 | Ireland | 80.2% |
| 10 | Lithuania | 80.0% |
| — | European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked) | no figure published |
Ranks compare the 27 EU member states. Eurostat’s figure for Cyprus covers the government-controlled area only.
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- The highest and lowest point of the country's own published annual series.
- The average of the country's latest published annual figures (up to five years).
- The number of years in which the country's figure was above the EU figure for the same year.
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* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.