How Is the January Pension Increase Determined?
Under Hungary's Social Security Pension Benefits Act, pensions that have already been established must be increased every January in line with the expected consumer price increase for that year.
However, there is an important detail: the planned inflation rate used to calculate the pension increase is determined by the central government's budget law, not directly by the forecast.
Therefore, the current figure of 2.3% is an important reference point, but it is not yet the officially confirmed pension increase for January 2027.
