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Result:Ft 100 in 1973 → Ft 8,451.27 in 2026

The Hugarian Forint has lost 99% of its value since 1973

Updated: September 11, 2026

Ft 100 in 1973 is equivalent in purchasing power to about Ft 8,451.27 today, an increase of Ft 8,351.27 over 53 years. Cumulative inflation since 1973 is 8,351.27%: the forint had an average inflation rate of 8.73% per year between 1973 and today.

This means that today's prices are 84.51 times as high as average prices in 1973, according to the OECD and the World Bank consumer price index for Hungary. A forint today only buys 1.2% of what it could buy back then.

The inflation rate in 1973 was 3.39%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 1.54%. If this number holds, Ft 100 today will be equivalent in buying power to Ft 101.54 next year.

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Inflation from 1973 to 2026
Cumulative price change 8,351.27%
Average inflation rate 8.73%
Converted amount
Ft 100 base		 Ft 8,451.27
Price difference
Ft 100 base		 Ft 8,351.27
CPI in 1973 2.075
CPI in 2026 175.376
Inflation in 1973 3.39%
Inflation in 2026 1.54%
Ft 100 in 1973 Ft 8,451.27 in 2026
HUF inflation since 1973
Annual Rate, the OECD and the World Bank CPI
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Buying power of Ft 100 in 1973

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for Ft 100 in 1973 (price index tracking began in 1972).

For example, if you started with Ft 100, you would need to end with Ft 8,451.27 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").

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When Ft 100 is equivalent to Ft 8,451.27 over time, that means that the "real value" of a single Hungarian forint decreases over time. In other words, a forint will pay for fewer items at the store.

This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a forint over time. By calculating the value in 1973 dollars, the chart below shows how Ft 100 is worth less over 53 years.

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According to the OECD and the World Bank, each of these HUF amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Forint inflation: 1973-2026
YearForint ValueInflation Rate
1973Ft 100.003.39%
1974Ft 101.801.80%
1975Ft 105.713.84%
1976Ft 111.245.23%
1977Ft 115.583.91%
1978Ft 121.004.69%
1979Ft 131.868.98%
1980Ft 144.119.29%
1981Ft 150.824.66%
1982Ft 161.136.84%
1983Ft 172.867.28%
1984Ft 187.508.47%
1985Ft 200.526.94%
1986Ft 211.135.29%
1987Ft 229.448.67%
1988Ft 265.5215.72%
1989Ft 311.0617.15%
1990Ft 399.3028.37%
1991Ft 538.3334.82%
1992Ft 665.6723.66%
1993Ft 815.2122.46%
1994Ft 969.0318.87%
1995Ft 1,243.3128.31%
1996Ft 1,535.1123.47%
1997Ft 1,816.1118.31%
1998Ft 2,073.1614.15%
1999Ft 2,280.4310.00%
2000Ft 2,503.999.80%
2001Ft 2,732.289.12%
2002Ft 2,876.145.27%
2003Ft 3,010.204.66%
2004Ft 3,213.226.74%
2005Ft 3,327.663.56%
2006Ft 3,458.453.93%
2007Ft 3,733.707.96%
2008Ft 3,959.316.04%
2009Ft 4,126.064.21%
2010Ft 4,326.404.86%
2011Ft 4,496.433.93%
2012Ft 4,750.575.65%
2013Ft 4,832.911.73%
2014Ft 4,821.91-0.23%
2015Ft 4,818.94-0.06%
2016Ft 4,837.960.39%
2017Ft 4,951.572.35%
2018Ft 5,092.702.85%
2019Ft 5,262.733.34%
2020Ft 5,437.803.33%
2021Ft 5,715.735.11%
2022Ft 6,550.6914.61%
2023Ft 7,672.4917.13%
2024Ft 7,956.663.70%
2025Ft 8,307.714.41%
2026Ft 8,451.271.73%*
* Compared to previous annual rate. Not final. See inflation summary for latest 12-month trailing value.
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This conversion table shows various other 1973 amounts in today's forints, based on the 8,351.27% change in prices:

Conversion: 1973 forints today
Initial valueEquivalent value
Ft 1 forint in 1973 Ft 84.51 forints today
Ft 5 forints in 1973 Ft 422.56 forints today
Ft 10 forints in 1973 Ft 845.13 forints today
Ft 50 forints in 1973 Ft 4,225.64 forints today
Ft 100 forints in 1973 Ft 8,451.27 forints today
Ft 500 forints in 1973 Ft 42,256.37 forints today
Ft 1,000 forints in 1973 Ft 84,512.74 forints today
Ft 5,000 forints in 1973 Ft 422,563.68 forints today
Ft 10,000 forints in 1973 Ft 845,127.37 forints today
Ft 50,000 forints in 1973 Ft 4,225,636.84 forints today
Ft 100,000 forints in 1973 Ft 8,451,273.68 forints today
Ft 500,000 forints in 1973 Ft 42,256,368.41 forints today
Ft 1,000,000 forints in 1973 Ft 84,512,736.82 forints today

How to calculate inflation rate for Ft 100 since 1973

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1973 and today:

CPI todayCPI in 1973
×
1973 HUF value
=
Today's value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The Hungarian CPI was 2.07514546121272 in the year 1973 and 175.3762222293055 in 2026:

175.37622222930552.07514546121272
×
Ft 100
=
Ft 8,451.27

Ft 100 in 1973 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as Ft 8,451.27 in 2026.

To get the total inflation rate for the 53 years between 1973 and 2026, we use the following formula:

CPI in 2026 - CPI in 1973CPI in 1973
×
100
=
Cumulative inflation rate (53 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

175.3762222293055 - 2.075145461212722.07514546121272
×
100
=
8,351%

Data source & citation

You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “Hungary Inflation Calculator: World Bank data, 1973-2026 (HUF).” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 10 Oct. 2026, https://www.officialdata.org/hungary/inflation.

Special thanks to QuickChart for their chart image API, which is used for chart downloads.

in2013dollars.com is a reference website maintained by the Official Data Foundation.

Ian Webster

About the author

Ian Webster is an engineer and data expert based in San Mateo, California. He has worked for Google, NASA, and consulted for governments around the world on data pipelines and data analysis. Disappointed by the lack of clear resources on the impacts of inflation on economic indicators, Ian believes this website serves as a valuable public tool. Ian earned his degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

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Inflation from 1973 to 2026
Cumulative price change 8,351.27%
Average inflation rate 8.73%
Converted amount
Ft 100 base		 Ft 8,451.27
Price difference
Ft 100 base		 Ft 8,351.27
CPI in 1973 2.075
CPI in 2026 175.376
Inflation in 1973 3.39%
Inflation in 2026 1.54%
Ft 100 in 1973 Ft 8,451.27 in 2026