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Hungary and Slovakia

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Hungary

Slovakia

The widest gap is Housing costs over 40% of income: Hungary 5.3% against Slovakia 3.5%, 1.8 points apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Hungary
Slovakia

People

Median age1.8 years
44.8 years
43.0 years
Life expectancy at birth1.6 years
76.8 years
78.4 years
People76.0%
9.5m
5.4m
People per square kilometre6.5%
105 per km²
111 per km²
Women in the population0.6 points
51.7%
51.1%
Born abroad3.3 points
7.3%
4.0%
Born outside the EU2.5 points
3.6%
1.1%

Money and work

Disposable income per person47.7%
€8,792
€12,990
Average net income35.7%
€10,211
€13,857
Take-home pay, average-wage worker17.3%
€15,432
€18,097
Gross pay, average-wage worker4.5%
€23,206
€24,240
Minimum wage1.0%
€906
€915
In work, age 20 to 643.0 points
81.1%
78.1%
Out of work1.0 points
4.4%
5.4%
Hours worked a week
39.5 hours
39.5 hours
At risk of poverty1.8 points
14.0%
12.2%
Housing costs over 40% of income1.8 points
5.3%
3.5%
GDP per person9.0%
€23,000
€25,060

Family and home

People at home34.8%
2.3
3.1
Households with children12.2 points
29.9%
42.1%
Children per woman3.5%
1.41
1.46
Own their home4.0 points
89.8%
93.8%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds14.2%
637 per 100,000 people
558 per 100,000 people
Doctors6.4%
371 per 100,000 people
395 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree1.8 points
31.6%
29.8%
Students per 1,000 people24.6%
32.4 per 1,000 people
26.0 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them12.4%
€10,135
€11,394
Tax raised per person21.9%
€7,594
€9,259
Government debt13.2 points
74.6%
61.4%

Country and infrastructure

Land area89.7%
93,012 km²
49,035 km²
Railway density9.4%
81.5 per 1,000 km²
74.5 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density16.9%
20.8 per 1,000 km²
17.8 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people11.1%
461 per 1,000 people
512 per 1,000 people
Households with internet1.4 points
93.9%
92.5%
Tourist nights per resident28.5%
3.47
2.7

Environment

Renewable energy3.3 points
19.6%
16.3%
Land under forest16.9 points
22.9%
39.8%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

Hungary

Slovakia

Function
Hungary
Slovakia
21.2%
11.5%
4.2%
2.9%
3.7%
4.9%
16.3%
11.5%
0.8%
1.6%
2.0%
1.0%
10.0%
14.6%
5.2%
2.4%
10.4%
10.8%
26.0%
38.8%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: Hungary and Slovakia

  1. Which spends a larger share on recreation and culture: Hungary or Slovakia?

    The gap is 2.8 points: Hungary 5.2%, Slovakia 2.4%. Sport and recreation, libraries, museums, broadcasting, and places of worship. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  2. Which spends a larger share on protecting the environment: Hungary or Slovakia?

    The gap is 0.8 points: Slovakia 1.6%, Hungary 0.8%. Waste and waste water, pollution control, biodiversity and landscape protection. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  3. Where do more people live: Hungary or Slovakia?

    The gap is 76.0%: Hungary 9.5m, Slovakia 5.4m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. demo_pjan · 2025. See the figure

  4. Which covers more ground: Hungary or Slovakia?

    The gap is 89.7%: Hungary 93,012, Slovakia 49,035. Total area of the country, inland water included. reg_area3 · 2026. See the figure

  5. Which has more forest: Hungary or Slovakia?

    The gap is 16.9 points: Slovakia 39.8%, Hungary 22.9%. Share of the land area under forest. for_area · 2025. See the figure

  6. Where were more residents born abroad: Hungary or Slovakia?

    The gap is 3.3 points: Hungary 7.3%, Slovakia 4.0%. Share of residents born in another country. Eurostat records country of birth, not ethnicity. migr_pop3ctb · 2025. See the figure

  7. Where do housing costs eat more of the income: Hungary or Slovakia?

    The gap is 1.8 points: Hungary 5.3%, Slovakia 3.5%. Share whose housing costs exceed 40% of their disposable income. ilc_lvho07a · 2025. See the figure

  8. Where do more households have children: Hungary or Slovakia?

    The gap is 12.2 points: Slovakia 42.1%, Hungary 29.9%. Share of private households with at least one dependent child. ilc_lvph02 · 2025. See the figure

  9. Where are there more university students per 1,000 people: Hungary or Slovakia?

    The gap is 24.6%: Hungary 32.4, Slovakia 26.0. People in higher education, per 1,000 residents. educ_uoe_enrt01 · 2024. See the figure

  10. Where are there more hospital beds per 100,000 people: Hungary or Slovakia?

    The gap is 14.2%: Hungary 637, Slovakia 558. Beds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents. hlth_rs_bds1 · 2024. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.