Hungaryʼs state debt amounted to 74.2 percent of GDP at the end of the first quarter of 2018, according to the country’s central bank (MNB). In absolute terms, Hungaryʼs state debt rose to HUF 28.044 trillion at the end of Q1, up from HUF 27.360 trillion at the end of 2017. Transactions made up HUF 626bn of the increase during the three-month period, while revaluations totaled HUF 59bn.