Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Hungary instead of Aruba, you would:

Economy

make 32.9% less money

Aruba has a GDP per capita of $38,591 as of 2024, while in Hungary, the GDP per capita is $25,907 as of 2025.

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Life

be 74.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Aruba, approximately 12.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Hungary, on the other hand, 3.1 children do as of 2024.

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Infrastructure

find 2.1 times more home broadband

Aruba has 17.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Hungary has 37.5 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 13.4% less CO2

Aruba emits 5.2 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Hungary emits 4.5 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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Hungary is 41.0% cheaper than Aruba overall
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Aruba is about 517 times smaller than Hungary.
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Moving from Aruba to Hungary · UN DESA 2020
2 people born in Aruba live in Hungary.
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Hungary: At a glance

Hungary is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 89,608 sq km. Hungary became a Christian kingdom in A.D. 1000 and for many centuries served as a bulwark against Ottoman Turkish expansion in Europe. The kingdom eventually became part of the polyglot Austro-Hungarian Empire, which collapsed during World War I. The country fell under communist rule following World War II. In 1956, a revolt and an announced withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact were met with a massive military intervention by Moscow. Under the leadership of Janos KADAR in 1968, Hungary began liberalizing its economy, introducing so-called "Goulash Communism." Hungary held its first multiparty elections in 1990 and initiated a free market economy. It joined NATO in 1999 and the EU five years later. In 2011, Hungary assumed the six-month rotating presidency of the EU for the first time.
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