Hungary
| Population | 10.0 m |
| Capital | Budapest |
| Surface area | 93,000 km2 |
| Official Language | Magyar (Hungarian) |
| Gross domestic product (GDP) (in euros) | 145.7 bn |
| GDP as a % of EU-27, based on 2009 data | 1.2 |
| GDP per capita by purchasing power standards (indexed to EU average of 100) | 62.8 |
| Currency | Forint (HUF) |
| Human development index (HDI), an index based on life expectancy, education and GDP (max. 1) | 0.874 |
| World rank in HDI | 0.874 |
| Key economic sectors | Services (64.5); industry (31.2); agriculture (4.3) |
| Leading Companies | MOL (oil and gas plc.); OTP Bank |
| Unemployment in January 2010 | 11.1% (source: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table) |
| Main religious denominations | Roman Catholic (5.3); Calvinist (1.6); Lutheran (0.3) |
| Political system | A single-chamber National Assembly, elected for a four-year term, elects the President for a five-year term. |
| Electoral system | Of the 836 members of the National Assembly, 176 are elected by a simple majority system, 152 by proportional representation from county party lists, and the remaining 58 by proportional representation from a national list. |
| Current (March 2010) leaders | President: László Sólymon (b. 1968), since August 2005 Prime minister: Gordon Bajnai (b. 1942), since April 2009 |
| Previous leaders: | Presidents: Ferenc Mádl (2000-05); Árpad Göncz (1990-2000) Prime ministers: Ferenc Gyurcsány (2004-09); Péter Medgyessy (2002-04); Viktor Orbán (1998-2002) |
| Joined the EU/EC | 2004 |
| Commissioner from country in Barroso II College of Commissioners, and portfolio | Maria Damanaki (Maritime Affairs and Fisheries) |
| Number of MEPs | 22/754 |
| Turnout in 2009 EP elections (%) | 36.2 |
| Member of eurozone | No |
Except where a specific reference is inserted, the sources for this profile are either Neill Nugent’s book itself, or Barry Turner (ed.), The Statesman’s Yearbook Online, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. If your library subscribes, you can gain access at
http://www.statesmansyearbook.com