EU member state. Compliance scores reflect the regulatory advantages of EU single market membership and are not directly comparable to non-EU sourcing countries.
Europe
Hungary
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness · Intra-EU Risk
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
Hungary on the world stage
Total imports
$287.3bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$309.1bn
199 partners
#1 import source
Germany
11.2%
#1 export dest.
Germany
12.3%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Intra-EU trade: Hungary
EU imports from
€107.3bn
intra-EU flow
EU exports to
€103.0bn
intra-EU flow
Intra-EU rank
#14
by import value
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 0.96
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT.
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
204
EUR/MWh
Consumer
194
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
183
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
29%
of generation
Wholesale 90 EUR/MWh · hybrid market
Power market
● Import dependenceMarket model
Liberalised wholesale market (HUPX)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
MEKH (Magyar Energetikai es Kozmu-szabalyozasi Hivatal / Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority)
Hungary depends on Paks nuclear (44% of generation) and gas imports (18%) with limited domestic resources. Import dependence runs at ~12% of supply. The Paks II expansion (2 x VVER-1200, Rosatom) is politically…
Tracked infrastructure
21 gas plants
3.0 GW
5 coal plants
884 MW
11 wind farms
319 MW
24 solar farms
1.4 GW
4 nuclear plants
2.0 GW
2 steel plants
1,600 ktpa
3 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
23
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
2
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Aluminium, Zinc, Silver
Mine-water verifiability
Independent ambient only
EU member: EEA Waterbase ambient; E-PRTR facility releases
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Intra-EU sourcing risk
EU · 1 = lowest riskDemographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
43.6
→ 45.4 by 2050
Fertility
1.49
below replacement
Working-age
64.6%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
32.5
→ 46.6 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 9.68M · peaks 2024
By 2050: -10% (8.73M)