Eurostat: Hungarians are the second poorest in the European Union

Hungary became the second most impoverished country in 2017; only Bulgarians live worse than us, turns out of the statistics of Eurostat.

Our actual individual consumption (AIC) compares EU member states regarding purchasing power- parity (PPP) measures and the latest GDP and population figures, Index states. According to this,

the welfare of Hungarian households only reaches 62% of the EU average.

Although the government tried to cover poverty by falsifying statistics, they are still depressing. This figure was the same in 2016, although in 2015 we reached 63%. Hungary was the fourth poorest country at that time, only Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria had worse results. Our southern neighbours have now reached the Hungarian consumption level, while Romania jumped to 68% from 58% in three years. Romania produced the most significant improvement in the whole EU, although Lithuania (from 83 to 88%) and the Czech Republic (from 78% to 82%) also increased their consumption very well.