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Hungary

OECD member since 1996

This set of indicators covers regulations and practice related to conflict-of-interest management, lobbying, political finance and transparency of public information. Data is currently available for 2022 and 2023 for OECD members and 2024 for non-OECD members.

Regulatory framework for access to information and open data
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Top performing and underperforming criteria in Hungary

This table shows the criteria within this dataset where the selected country performs the most above and below average. OECD countries are compared to the OECD average and partner countries are compared to the partner country average. Only criteria fulfilled by less than 40% of countries are shown as leading, and only criteria fulfilled by more than 40% of countries are shown as lagging.

Information requested is always provided free of charge.

13%

of OECD countries fulfill

3%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Leading

Regulations define institutional responsibilities as well as submission, compliance, and content verification procedures for conflict-of-interest or interest declarations.

Data to be improved

68%

of OECD countries fulfill

72%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Lagging

Beneficial ownership rules make mandatory the disclosure of company data to identify owners of corporations, establish a central register, and make information accessible to the public.

24%

of OECD countries fulfill

25%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Leading

Financial reports from all political parties are publicly available.

79%

of OECD countries fulfill

41%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Lagging

Records of all decisions agreed upon at the government sessions (minutes) are kept.

74%

of OECD countries fulfill

50%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Lagging

Salaries of individual senior civil servants (first and second tiers civil servants, i.e. secretary generals or equivalent and above) in all ministries, available on the ministries websites or the government portal.

32%

of OECD countries fulfill

28%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Leading

The regulatory framework provides that all public institutions and private persons carrying out public duties are holders of public information; and that everyone, including non-citizens and legal persons, has the right to access information in all the forms available.

79%

of OECD countries fulfill

59%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

The only restrictions to access to public information allowed are listed by law and are in line with the Tromso Convention.

84%

of OECD countries fulfill

63%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

There are statutory deadlines for processing requests for information.

97%

of OECD countries fulfill

69%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Information holders are required to provide information in the requested format; requesters are not required to provide justification for their requests.

71%

of OECD countries fulfill

53%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

The right to appeal to an independent body or the court against refusal or inactivity of an administrative body is ensured.

100%

of OECD countries fulfill

75%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Information requested is always provided free of charge.

13%

of OECD countries fulfill

3%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Leading

A list of datasets and mandatory information to be disclosed is defined in the regulatory framework.

76%

of OECD countries fulfill

63%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Primary legislation specifies that Government data are “open by default” (except for specific cases defined in the regulatory framework).

58%

of OECD countries fulfill

34%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill

Decisions of the public body specialised in public information cannot be quashed by any executive body.

58%

of OECD countries fulfill

41%

of OECD partner and accession countries fulfill