Pál Belyó, research head of Policy Agenda and the former head of KSH said that a person living alone needed HUF 88,016 a month to achieve the same living standard, 0.8% more than in 2014.
On average, a Hungarian household needed HUF 173,000 a month to reach the so-called “subsistence minimum”.
Purchasing foodstuffs accounted for around 30.8% of monthly household expenditures, housing costs for 22.8%, transportation costs for 9%, healthcare for 5%, entertainment for 5.3% and clothing purchases for 3.6%.
Policy Agenda estimated that the monthly income of around 41% of Hungarians was below the subsistence minimum in 2015.
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