language knowledge /eu publishes the latest language knowledge statistics for hungarian in the European Union using European Commission data published in 2024. Explore which countries hungarian is most spoken in, compare native with foreign speakers, and compare age groups to see where hungarian is gaining or losing popularity.
According to European Commission Eurobarometer survey data (2024), the European countries with the highest proportion of Hungarian speakers are Hungary (97.8%), Slovakia (16.3%), and Romania (7.0%).
2.7% of the European Union population speaks Hungarian (2.5% as a native language and 0.2% as a foreign language).
In the European Union, 2.5% of 15–34 year olds speak Hungarian, compared to 2.6% of people aged 55 and over.