Hungary
EU-27 · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy coded from the 2025 mid-term review report and the documents it cites
47.2composite, 0–100
37 / 45rank · 27 of 27 in EU-27
−0.5change since 2015, time-varying indicators
HungaryEU-27 average
Dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Rank /45 | EU-27 | EU-27 | Indicators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political | 52.0 | 33 | 71.5 | 71.5 | 7 / 8 |
| Economic | 39.2 | 41 | 62.8 | 62.8 | 13 / 20 |
| Legal | 34.7 | 36 | 63.8 | 63.8 | 7 / 12 |
| Institutional | 45.0 | 41 | 61.9 | 61.9 | 10 / 16 |
| Financial | 65.0 | 21 | 71.0 | 71.0 | 3 / 7 |
| Composite | 47.2 | 37 | 66.2 | 66.2 | 40 / 63 |
Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.
Composite, 2015–2024
HungaryEU-27 average
Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.
Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025
| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 Government Resolution 1619/2021 (IX.3.) — decision to prepare a Social Economy Strategy · source | 1/3 |
| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 Joint responsibility of six ministers under Gov. Res. 1619/2021; OFA · source | 1/2 |
| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 None reported | 0/2 |
| Official SE definition 3.1 None · source | 0/1 |
| Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 Act X of 2006 on Cooperatives (social cooperatives); 2019 reform (start-work social cooperatives) · source | 1/2 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 Private and project-based (Erste SEEDS; Badur Incubation Programme 2023–26; TINLAB, GRESODI, ESIRA) · source | 1/2 |
| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 TOP Plus; CAP Strategic Plan SE cooperation measure (€1.27m, 2025); RRF call RRF-MMSZA-2.0.0.2-24 (€3.8m) · source | 1/2 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 OFA 'Focus' programme for social cooperatives with municipal membership (national budget, 2016–2023) · source | 2/2 |
Policy composite 41.7 of 100 (mean of the eight codes).
Cite this profile
Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Hungary: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.1). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/hungary/