🇭🇺 Hungary Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇭🇺 Hungary HU / HUN #108

Nomad Score 63.0

Cities 19

Region European Union, Danube Region, Digital Nomad Hubs, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Nomad Visa Countries, Affordable Nomad Destinations, Europe, Europe, Central Europe

Currency HUF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 40/100

Press Freedom (2025) 62.8/100 #68

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.421

HDI 0.870

Regional Blocs EU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 72th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 63th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 55th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 63th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 63th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 59th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 0.7/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 7.7/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.2% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Hungary	Tamás Sulyok
Prime Minister of Hungary	Viktor Orbán

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 40 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 62.8 / 100

Global Rank #68 / 180

Rank Change -1 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #124 37.1

Economic #64 48.1

Legal #64 68.0

Social #46 74.9

Safety #63 86.1

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.421

Liberal 0.315

Participatory 0.268

Deliberative 0.178

Egalitarian 0.296

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	62.8	68	37.1	48.1	68.0	74.9	86.1
2024	63.0	67	38.6	48.2	67.9	74.3	86.0
2023	63.0	72	45.6	43.9	70.9	72.6	81.7
2022	59.8	85	47.1	32.3	67.3	67.3	85.0
2021	68.2	92	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	69.2	89	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	69.6	87	-	-	-	-	63.4
2018	70.9	73	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	71.0	71	-	-	-	-	93.1
2016	71.8	67	-	-	-	-	79.2
2015	72.6	65	-	-	-	-	86.1
2014	73.3	64	-	-	-	-	-
2013	73.9	56	-	-	-	-	-
2012	10.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
2010	7.5	23	-	-	-	-	-
2009	5.5	25	-	-	-	-	-
2008	5.5	23	-	-	-	-	-
2007	4.5	17	-	-	-	-	-
2006	3.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
2005	2.0	12	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index