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US foreign aid to Hungary

The US gave Hungary $1.2 million in foreign aid in FY2025: $0.13 per person, 130th of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $1.2 million in foreign assistance for Hungary and disbursed $2.2 million, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.

Recent years may be incomplete: agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov with a lag, and Program Support reporting for FY2025 is lower than earlier years. Treat the drop as provisional. (FY2025: $1.2 million against a FY2022–24 average of $5.2 million. ForeignAssistance.gov reporting status, FY2025: U.S. Agency for International Development complete, Department of State complete, Department of Defense partial agency, through quarter 4.)
FY2025 obligated
$1.2M
$1.2 million
Per person
$0.13
pop. 9,514,251 (2025)
Rank
130th
of 173 recipient countries
FY2025 disbursed
$2.2M
paid out in the year

Hungary ranks 130th of 173 recipient countries

US foreign aid obligated in FY2025, every recipient country, highest to lowest.

$0$1B$2B$3B$4BUkraine $18.0 billion (axis cut)Hungary $1.2 millionHighestLowest$0$1B$2B$3B$4BUkraine $18.0 billion (axis cut)Hungary $1.2 millionHighestLowest

What the numbers show

FY2025 obligations were down 83.5% from $7.5 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $6.0 million a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2016, at $10.9 million. In total, $61.0 million was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.

The agency that managed the most aid for Hungary in FY2025 was the Department of State ($799,468, 64.6% of the total). By sector, the largest was Peace and Security ($800,000, 64.6%). That sector includes: Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform; Counter-Terrorism; Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD); Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $800,000 (64.6%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.

For FY2026, -$79,615 has been reported so far. Agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov quarterly and with a lag, so this page uses FY2025 for comparisons. The figures cover aid recorded for Hungary itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Europe and Eurasia page).

US aid to Hungary by year

Recent years may be incomplete: agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov with a lag, and Program Support reporting for FY2025 is lower than earlier years. Treat the drop as provisional. (FY2025: $1.2 million against a FY2022–24 average of $5.2 million. ForeignAssistance.gov reporting status, FY2025: U.S. Agency for International Development complete, Department of State complete, Department of Defense partial agency, through quarter 4.)

Hungary: $1.2M in FY2025, against a peak of $11M in FY2016

Obligations by fiscal year and managing agency, FY2015–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is incomplete. Net de-obligations are drawn as zero.

  • Other agencies
  • Defense Department
  • State Department
  • USAID
$0$5M$10M$15MFY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$1.2M$0$5M$10M$15M'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26*$1.2M
View every year as a table
Fiscal yearUSAIDState DepartmentDefense DepartmentOther agenciesTotal obligatedDisbursedPer personRank
FY2015$957,380$2.0M$3.1M$53,000$6.1M$5.5M$0.63119
FY2016$907,838$2.3M$7.6M$56,004$10.9M$10.9M$1.11112
FY2017$1.1M$4.8M$826,800$25,609$6.7M$6.7M$0.69119
FY2018$1.2M$784,403$302,169$37,000$2.3M$2.1M$0.24128
FY2019$2.4M$4.9M$428,799$0$7.7M$6.5M$0.80125
FY2020$2.4M$3.8M$16,473$0$6.2M$5.0M$0.64131
FY2021$2.1M$2.1M$0$12,000$4.2M$3.3M$0.43132
FY2022$3.6M$1.1M$0$0$4.7M$3.5M$0.49131
FY2023$3.0M$490,146$0$0$3.5M$3.8M$0.36132
FY2024$2.2M$5.3M$0$0$7.5M$16.9M$0.78121
FY2025$438,050$799,468$0$0$1.2M$2.2M$0.13130
FY2026*-$79,615$0$0$0-$79,615$151,970––

B = billion, M = million. Agency columns and the total are obligations (money committed); "disbursed" is money actually paid out in that year, which can include payments on earlier commitments. * FY2026 is incomplete: agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov quarterly and with a lag. Negative amounts are net de-obligations.

Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State).

Who manages it and what it pays for, FY2025

By managing agency

Managing agencyFY2025Share
Department of State$799,46864.6%
U.S. Agency for International Development$438,05035.4%

By sector

SectorFY2025Share
Peace and Security$800,00064.6%
Program Support$436,57335.3%
Humanitarian Assistance$9450.1%

Largest program areas

Program areaFY2025Share
Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform$800,00064.6%
Direct Administrative Costs$436,57335.3%
Protection, Assistance and Solutions$19,0391.5%

Sectors over the last five years

SectorFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Program Support$2.4M$3.6M$2.5M$6.5M$436,573
Peace and Security$796,122$794,889$490,146$800,000$800,000
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance$987,654$0$0$0$0
Humanitarian Assistance-$21,661$260,872$502,255$233,310$945
Economic Development$12,000$0$0$0$0

Who carried out the work, FY2025

Implementing partners by type, as reported to ForeignAssistance.gov. “Government” includes US agencies that carry out programs themselves and partner-country governments.

Partner typeFY2025Share
Government$1.0 million84.5%
Enterprises$192,39015.5%

How Hungary compares

Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025

US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.

Poland$1.8 million
Bahamas$1.7 million
Hungary (this page)$1.2 million
Maldives$1.2 million
China (P.R.C.)$1.2 million

Questions and answers

How much foreign aid does the US give Hungary?
$1.2 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $2.2 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $61.0 million.
How much US aid does Hungary get per person?
About $0.13 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 9,514,251.
How much USAID funding goes to Hungary?
USAID managed $438,050 of the FY2025 total (35.4%). The Department of State managed the most ($799,468).
What is US aid to Hungary spent on?
In FY2025, by sector: Peace and Security $800,000 (64.6%); Program Support $436,573 (35.3%); Humanitarian Assistance $945 (0.1%).
Has US aid to Hungary gone up or down?
FY2025: $1.2 million; FY2024: $7.5 million (down 83.5%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2016 ($10.9 million).
Does the US give military aid to Hungary?
In FY2025, $800,000 (64.6%) of obligations for Hungary was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov.

Sources and notes

  1. ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State), complete dataset (us_foreign_aid_complete.csv), version of 02 Sep 2026, retrieved 2026-10-06. Obligations and disbursements in current (nominal) US dollars by U.S. fiscal year (October to September), FY2015–FY2026; FY2026 is incomplete. Public domain.
  2. Population: World Bank, World Development Indicators, SP.POP.TOTL (updated 2026-07-13), CC BY 4.0.
  3. Per-person figures divide the fiscal-year obligations by the World Bank population for the same calendar year.
  4. How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.