Among other countries of the CEE region, Lithuania had the highest AIC index, at 88% of the EU average, followed by the Czech Republic (80%), Slovenia (77%), Poland and Slovakia (both 76%), Estonia (72%), Latvia (70%), and Romania (68%). Below Hungary were Croatia (61%) and Bulgaria (55%).

Compared to the previous report, in 2016, the Hungarian AIC remained unchanged. Romania, however, registered a big increase, from 61% of the average in 2016 (then below Hungary) to 68%, now well ahead of Hungary.

Hungaryʼs GDP per capita, also at purchasing power parity, stood at 68% of the EU average, according to the report.