- ISO 3166
HU- Main language + region
hu-HU- Currency
- HUF · Hungarian Forint
- Region
- EMEA · EU/UK
Hungary
Hungary has 9.9M people, and 9.2M of them are online. Hungarian is the most widely spoken language at 100%, one of 7 languages CLDR lists here. Hungarian is official nationally. A product shipping here defaults to hu-HU.
Market summary
Each figure carries its own world scale, so it reads without a second market beside it.
People online
9.2M
0%world median 81%100%
94% of 9.9M people use the internet, per the World Bank's 2024 figure. Estimated by multiplying CLDR population by that share.
Income per person
$25,907
Higher than 70% of 213 territories
GDP per capita in current US dollars, World Bank Open Data, most recent reported year. A rough guide to spending power, not revenue.
Can pay online
87%
0%world median 71%100%
Adults aged 15 and over holding a bank or mobile-money account, World Bank Global Findex 2024. Below half means a card-only checkout excludes most of the market.
Languages
7
Hungarian 100% · English 20% · German 18%
Languages CLDR records here with a share of 0.1% or more. 1 of them is official nationally.
English proficiency
590
Very lowVery high
High proficiency on the EF EPI 2025 scale. The sample is self-selected online test takers. It never enters any score on this site.
Adult literacy
99%
0%world median 95%100%
Share of adults who can read, as recorded in CLDR territory data. Low literacy shifts a product toward icons, audio, and video before another language.
What people speak
Shares include second languages, so totals can exceed 100%.
CLDR records Hungarian in 9 territories and 12.3M speakers in total; Hungary holds 80% of them, and the rest come with the same translation. The Hungarian profile maps the whole footprint.
Day-one requirements
What the interface needs for the main language spoken here (hu-HU).
Plural categories
2
Word-forms a translator writes for counted text, like English's "1 item" and "2 items".
Script family
Latin
Default system fonts cover this script on all major platforms.
Reading direction
Left-to-right
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Date
2026. április 21.
Short: 2026. 04. 21.
Time
18:30
Week starts Mon
Currency
1235 Ft
1,234.56 in HUF · Hungarian Forint