EU
Hungary
~30%
Work in exposed occupations
~1.41 m · estimate · 2025
4.7%
Unemployment
+0.2 pp (Jul 2026)
Aug 2026
15.4%
Youth unemployment (<25)
Aug 2026
2.1%
Job vacancy rate
Q2 2026
81.1%
Employment rate (20–64)
2025
10%
Firms using AI
2025 · EU average 20%
0.56
IMF AI Preparedness Index
IMF · 2023
4.67 m
Employed
2025 · Eurostat
Unemployment, monthly
HungaryEU27Eurostat une_rt_m · seasonally adjusted
Who does what? — employment by occupational group
Tile size is the number employed, colour the group's average AI exposure.
Out of 100 workers — Hungary
- 50Not exposed
- 20Minimal
- 4Low
- 11Medium
- 10High
- 5Highest
Outlook to 2035 (Cedefop)
The fastest growing and shrinking occupational groups between 2025 and 2035.
+1.4%
Change 2025→2035
1.27 m
Total expected openings
2025–2035
1.20 m
Replacement demand
+65 k
Expansion
- Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers+38.1%
- Information and communications technology professionals+30.6%
- Business and administration professionals+27.6%
- Personal care workers+25.3%
- Numerical and material recording clerks+17.3%
- Business and administration associate professionals+13.1%
- Stationary plant and machine operators−12.0%
- Building and related trades workers, excluding electricians−15.1%
- Other clerical support workers−15.8%
- Protective services workers−21.2%
- Handicraft and printing workers−33.9%
- Hospitality, retail and other services managers−50.8%
Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026
What employers say (WEF 2025)
17%
expected job churn by 2030
global: 22%
36%
of skills will change
global: 39%
92%
of firms run AI programmes
global: 88%
Small employer sample per country — indicative, not a precise measurement. WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025.