Hungary's secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) was US$4.46 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 108.06% from US$2.15 billion in 2015 (7.6% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$4.46 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$3.24 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$2.15 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$4.46 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | US$56.01 million | 1983 |
| Average since 2016 | US$3 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$63.01 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Hungary's secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) rose 21.1% on 2024 (from US$3.69 billion to US$4.46 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +5.8% and a typical year strayed about 28% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1,126.5% in 1990 and the biggest yearly fall was 73.4% in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$200.13 million a year. A straight line explains 61% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Hungary had the 61st highest value of the 132 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Hungary | US$4.46 billion | 2025 |
| World | US$1.66 trillion | 2024 |
| Europe & Central Asia | US$661.72 billion | 2025 |
| High income | US$883.81 billion | 2024 |
Closest to Hungary in the 2025 ranking
- Türkiye — 57th of 132: US$4.87 billion
- South Africa — 58th of 132: US$4.7 billion
- Argentina — 59th of 132: US$4.65 billion
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 61st of 132: US$4.23 billion
- Venezuela, RB — 62nd of 132: US$4.2 billion
- Jamaica — 63rd of 132: US$3.92 billion
What this measures
Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 44 values
| Year | Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,464,176,477 |
| 2024 | 3,687,347,374 |
| 2023 | 2,831,087,769 |
| 2022 | 2,758,193,615 |
| 2021 | 2,966,649,153 |
| 2020 | 3,244,394,161 |
| 2019 | 2,944,235,088 |
| 2018 | 3,284,652,905 |
| 2017 | 2,074,487,454 |
| 2016 | 1,704,723,974 |
Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Albania — US$1.8 billion (2025)
- Armenia — US$1.38 billion (2025)
- Austria — US$8.8 billion (2025)
- Azerbaijan — US$1.41 billion (2025)
- Belarus — US$3.64 billion (2025)
- Belgium — US$28.66 billion (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — US$3.66 billion (2025)
- Bulgaria — US$2.9 billion (2025)
- Croatia — US$6.08 billion (2025)
- Cyprus — US$1.03 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Hungary
- GDP (current LCU) — 87.05 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$158.99 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 54.72 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 9.15 million (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$16,711 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 5.75 million (2025)
- GNI (current LCU) — 84.94 trillion (2025)
- GNI per capita (current LCU) — 8.93 million (2025)
- GDP (annual % growth) — 0.51% (2025)
- GDP per capita (annual % growth) — 1.01% (2025)
- Chemicals (% of value added in manufacturing)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Hungary's secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$)?
- US$4.46 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1982?
- It is up 6,985% from US$63.01 million in 1982 (10.42% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$4.46 billion in 2025 and the lowest US$56.01 million in 1983.
- How does Hungary rank?
- 61st highest of 132 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) unusual for Hungary?
- In 2025, Hungary's secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) rose 21.1% on 2024 (from US$3.69 billion to US$4.46 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +5.8% and a typical year strayed about 28% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.TRF.CURR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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