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In June 2026, the inflation rate in Hungary was *** percent, compared with ****percent in the previous month. During this provided time period, inflation was highest in January 2023, when it reached **** percent.

Fighting rising prices

As of July 2024, the inflation rate for services totaled over **** percent in the country, making it the product group with the biggest price increase. In February 2022, Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, introduced price caps on basic food products such as cooking oil, flour, sugar, milk, pork leg, and chicken breast as a means to fight peaking inflation rates. 

Hungarians’ purchasing power per capita

In 2024, the highest purchasing power per person was recorded in the country’s capital, Budapest, where residents had on average percent at their disposal to spend or put into savings. At the same time, Komárom-Esztergom was the second-wealthiest county in Hungary, with the purchasing power per capita totaling Ìý±è±ð°ù³¦±ð²Ô³Ù.Ìý