Regular opponents of the conservative Hungarian economic model like to point to certain statistics to illustrate their perceived notion of Hungary’s emerging downfall. And yet, the data serve to only...
“In Hungary, poverty is not an issue that politicians care about,” German public broadcaster ZDF claims in a video about “Orbán’s poor Hungary."
Over the past two years, the number of people in serious financial difficulty has decreased by half, says labor market expert
The data verified by Eurostat shows that the proportion of people living in extreme poverty has fallen to 1.4 percent in 2017 from 4.9 percent in 2012
When the Orbán Government entered office in 2010, the prime minister said that Hungary would offer employment over welfare checks. Critics quickly denounced it as inhumane. Seven years on, 741 thousand more Hungarians have jobs. Tens of thousands that suffered from long-term unemployment have rejoined the active labor force, reclaiming their dignity and self-respect, and it has helped many out of poverty.
The number of people living under the poverty line in Hungary has continued to drop since 2013