Solar overtakes gas to become Hungary's second-largest electricity source.

Hannah Ritchie, Pablo Rosado   Our World in Data1 September 2025
A decade ago, solar power was almost non-existent in Hungary. It generated just 0.2% of the country’s electricity. Nuclear, coal, and gas dominated the grid.

But in the last ten years, things have changed a lot. Solar power has boomed, and now supplies one-quarter of Hungary’s electrical power.