Hungary

Previous reports: 2024 | 2023/24

Conscription currently imposed?

Suspended 2005 by constitutional amendment.

Could be reinstated in time of emergency (see below).

Conscientious objection first recognised

1989

Constitution, Article 70.

CO release of professional soldiers

–

No release during state of emergency.

Minimum recruitment age

Military expenditure¹

$ (% change from 2024)	Per capita	% of GDP
5,002m (-2.4%)	$518	2.0%

No release of professional soldiers, on grounds of conscience, including during a state of emergency.
No full guarantee of international protection for conscientious objectors to military service who are at risk of persecution in their country of origin.
Militarisation of education² and no updated information on the implementation of the recommendation of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to “ensure that children are not subjected to military training that involves the use of firearms”.³

Military expenditure figures are estimates published by SIPRI (The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) in April 2026.↩︎
https://ebco-beoc.org/hungary/2023 ↩︎
CRC/C/HUN/CO/6, 3 March 2020, para. 43(b). https://docs.un.org/en/CRC/C/HUN/CO/6 ↩︎

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