Venture capital investments in Hungary
Hungary: Venture capital investments was 0.0143 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Venture capital investments in Hungary, 2007–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
Hungary recorded 0.0143 Percentage of GDP for venture capital investments in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 67.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, venture capital investments in Hungary peaked at 0.0962 Percentage of GDP in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0013 Percentage of GDP, in 2009.
That places Hungary 23rd out of 28 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Venture capital investments in Hungary, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.0109 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2008 | 0.0056 Percentage of GDP | -48.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0013 Percentage of GDP | -76.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0189 Percentage of GDP | +1314.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0354 Percentage of GDP | +87.1% |
| 2012 | 0.04 Percentage of GDP | +12.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0277 Percentage of GDP | -30.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0428 Percentage of GDP | +54.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0442 Percentage of GDP | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0448 Percentage of GDP | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0395 Percentage of GDP | -11.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0503 Percentage of GDP | +27.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0962 Percentage of GDP | +91.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0935 Percentage of GDP | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0869 Percentage of GDP | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0498 Percentage of GDP | -42.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0256 Percentage of GDP | -48.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0148 Percentage of GDP | -42.1% |
| 2025 | 0.0143 Percentage of GDP | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.006 Percentage of GDP | 0.0013 Percentage of GDP | 0.0109 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.044 Percentage of GDP | 0.0189 Percentage of GDP | 0.0962 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0475 Percentage of GDP | 0.0143 Percentage of GDP | 0.0935 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More economy & growth data for Hungary
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.53 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.2 Percent per annum (2029)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 886,292 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 6.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.2297 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 5,951 current US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), annual 3.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 81.12 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 2.10 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) -1.4 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is venture capital investments in Hungary?
- Venture capital investments in Hungary was 0.0143 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0962 Percentage of GDP in 2019.
- What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0013 Percentage of GDP in 2009.
- How does Hungary rank for venture capital investments?
- Hungary ranks 23rd out of 28 countries with data for 2025.
- Is venture capital investments rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Hungary data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org