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Romania and Hungary

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Romania

Hungary

The widest gap is With a degree: Hungary 31.6% against Romania 19.5%, 12.1 points apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Romania
Hungary

People

Median age0.7 years
44.1 years
44.8 years
Life expectancy at birth0.3 years
76.5 years
76.8 years
People99.6%
19m
9.5m
People per square kilometre28.5%
81.3 per km²
105 per km²
Women in the population0.5 points
51.2%
51.7%
Born abroad1.1 points
6.2%
7.3%
Born outside the EU0.9 points
4.5%
3.6%

Money and work

Disposable income per person7.4%
€8,187
€8,792
Average net income16.7%
€8,748
€10,211
Take-home pay, average-wage worker11.2%
€13,877
€15,432
Gross pay, average-wage worker2.2%
€23,722
€23,206
Minimum wage9.8%
€825
€906
In work, age 20 to 6412.1 points
69.0%
81.1%
Out of work1.7 points
6.1%
4.4%
Hours worked a week0.5 hours
40.0 hours
39.5 hours
At risk of poverty4.4 points
18.4%
14.0%
Housing costs over 40% of income0.3 points
5.0%
5.3%
GDP per person15.2%
€19,960
€23,000

Family and home

People at home8.7%
2.5
2.3
Households with children4.2 points
34.1%
29.9%
Children per woman1.4%
1.39
1.41
Own their home3.4 points
93.2%
89.8%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds14.7%
731 per 100,000 people
637 per 100,000 people
Doctors2.8%
381 per 100,000 people
371 per 100,000 people
Nurses15.7%
789 per 100,000 people
682 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree12.1 points
19.5%
31.6%
Students per 1,000 people13.3%
28.6 per 1,000 people
32.4 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them26.2%
€8,028
€10,135
Tax raised per person42.2%
€5,339
€7,594
Government debt15.3 points
59.3%
74.6%

Country and infrastructure

Land area2.56×
238,398 km²
93,012 km²
Railway density80.0%
45.3 per 1,000 km²
81.5 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density4.29×
4.9 per 1,000 km²
20.8 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people
461 per 1,000 people
461 per 1,000 people
Households with internet1.6 points
95.5%
93.9%
Tourist nights per resident2.22×
1.56
3.47

Environment

Renewable energy6.0 points
25.6%
19.6%
Land under forest6.8 points
29.7%
22.9%

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.

Romania

Hungary

Function
Romania
Hungary
13.5%
21.2%
3.8%
4.2%
6.5%
3.7%
15.6%
16.3%
2.0%
0.8%
3.5%
2.0%
12.0%
10.0%
2.5%
5.2%
9.3%
10.4%
31.4%
26.0%

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

Frequently asked: Romania and Hungary

  1. Which spends a larger share on protecting the environment: Romania or Hungary?

    The gap is 1.2 points: Romania 2.0%, Hungary 0.8%. Waste and waste water, pollution control, biodiversity and landscape protection. Eurostat · Public spending by function · 2024. See the figure

  2. Which covers more ground: Romania or Hungary?

    The gap is 2.56×: Romania 238,398, Hungary 93,012. Total area of the country, inland water included. Eurostat · Land area & People per square kilometre · 2026. See the figure

  3. Which spends a larger share on recreation and culture: Romania or Hungary?

    The gap is 2.7 points: Hungary 5.2%, Romania 2.5%. Sport and recreation, libraries, museums, broadcasting, and places of worship. Eurostat · Public spending by function · 2024. See the figure

  4. Where do more people live: Romania or Hungary?

    The gap is 99.6%: Romania 19m, Hungary 9.5m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. Eurostat · People & Women in the population · 2025. See the figure

  5. Where is there more railway per 1,000 km²: Romania or Hungary?

    The gap is 80.0%: Hungary 81.5, Romania 45.3. Railway line in use for every 1,000 square kilometres of the country. Eurostat · Railway network & Railway density · 2024. See the figure

  6. Where do more adults hold a degree: Romania or Hungary?

    The gap is 12.1 points: Hungary 31.6%, Romania 19.5%. Share of adults whose highest completed education is a university or other tertiary degree. Eurostat · With a degree · 2025. See the figure

  7. Where is unemployment higher: Romania or Hungary?

    The gap is 1.7 points: Romania 6.1%, Hungary 4.4%. Share of 15 to 74 year olds in the labour force who are without work and looking for it. Eurostat · Out of work · 2025. See the figure

  8. Where does more energy come from renewables: Romania or Hungary?

    The gap is 6.0 points: Romania 25.6%, Hungary 19.6%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. Eurostat · Renewable energy · 2025. See the figure

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

    The gap is 14.7%: Romania 731, Hungary 637. Beds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents. Eurostat · Hospital beds · 2024. See the figure

  10. Where do more households have children: Romania or Hungary?

    The gap is 4.2 points: Romania 34.1%, Hungary 29.9%. Share of private households with at least one dependent child. Eurostat · Households with children · 2025. 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.