Hungary
EDRIX Score
5.27
EOTRIX Score
3.23
Tier
Specialized Contender
Overall Assessment
Hungary's digital resilience is characterized by a reliance on well-managed digital infrastructure in its public and private sectors. However, this is undermined by a weak national policy on open source and one of the EU's smallest per-capita developer ecosystems.
Sobering Reality
2020 Baseline
In 2020, Hungary was an "emerging" country with a balanced, medium-level approach and clear political will, demonstrated through legally binding decrees promoting OSS.
2024 Progression
The promotion of open source appears to have slowed since the mid-2010s. The national strategy that replaced the one for 2014-2020 does not mention open source. However, OSS continues to be used at the local level, for example by the Budapest City Council.
2025 Data-Driven Analysis
Hungary has high scores for Public Sector (8.58) and Private Sector (8.24) digital health. This is sharply contrasted by a weak Public Policy score (2.50) and a very small per-capita Developer Ecosystem (1.57).
Strengths
- Public/Private Sector Resilience: A high degree of sovereignty in its core national digital infrastructure.
Weaknesses
- Public Policy: Lacks a current, active national strategy promoting open source or digital sovereignty.
- Developer Ecosystem: Has one of the smallest developer communities in the EU on a per-capita basis.
Outlook
Hungary's resilience depends on maintaining its existing infrastructure. To build a more sustainable and autonomous digital future, it would need to reverse the recent trend and reinvest in a national open source strategy and, critically, in developing its domestic tech talent pool.