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Slovakia and Hungary

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Slovakia

Hungary

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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Slovakia
Hungary

People

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

Money and work

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

Family and home

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

Health and daily life

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

Education

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

Public spending

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

Country and infrastructure

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

Environment

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

Slovakia

Hungary

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

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

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

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

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

  3. Which covers more ground: Slovakia or Hungary?

    The gap is 89.7%: Hungary 93,012, Slovakia 49,035. Total area of the country, inland water included. Eurostat · Land area & People per square kilometre · 2026. See the figure

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

    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. Eurostat · Born abroad & Born outside the EU · 2025. See the figure

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

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

  6. Which has more forest: Slovakia or Hungary?

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

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

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

  8. Where do more people share a home: Slovakia or Hungary?

    The gap is 34.8%: Slovakia 3.1, Hungary 2.3. Average number of people living in a private household. Eurostat · People per household · 2025. See the figure

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

    The gap is 24.6%: Hungary 32.4, Slovakia 26.0. People in higher education, per 1,000 residents. Eurostat · University students & Students per 1,000 people · 2024. See the figure

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

    The gap is 14.2%: Hungary 637, Slovakia 558. Beds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents. Eurostat · Hospital beds · 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.