Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Budapest
EmbassyHungary · Ambassador: Shri Anshuman Gaur
10 figures · 2 sources · built 2 hours ago
In short
India’s embassy in Hungary records bilateral trade of $2.41bn, a reported community of 9,700, 21 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 38%. Led by Shri Anshuman Gaur, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$2.41bn
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Hungary
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Bilateral Commercial & Economic Cooperation” section
“2025 839.5 1568.4 2407.8”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence9,700
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Hungary"
“PIOs 1,000 + NRIs 8,700 = 9,700”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence21
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 30 March 1962)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARY REGARDING CULTURAL RELATIONS — 30 March 1962”
Published: 30 March 1962 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
38%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Hungary”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 87 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to HungaryUS dollars · as stated in the brief$839.5m
Bilateral Brief — Hungary
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Bilateral Commercial & Economic Cooperation” section
“2025 839.5 1568.4 2407.8”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from HungaryUS dollars · as stated in the brief$1.57bn
Bilateral Brief — Hungary
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Bilateral Commercial & Economic Cooperation” section
“2025 839.5 1568.4 2407.8”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation−$728.9m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Hungarypersons · as stated in the brief8,000
Bilateral Brief — Hungary
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community” section
“There are less than 8000 Indians living in Hungary.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Hungary
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Hungary to India” section
“Dr. Lajos Olah, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary February 2026”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (21)
MEA Treaties Database- MOU ON AIR SERVICES BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARYTransport17 October 2013
- AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARYSocial Security02 February 2010
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARY ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED SECTORSAid and Cooperation18 January 2008
- AGREEMENT ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARYAid and Cooperation23 June 2005
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF HUNGARY ON EXEMPTION OF VISA REQUIREMENT FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations04 November 2003
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARY FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade03 November 2003
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARY ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF EXPLORATION AND UTILIZATION OF OUTER SPACE FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSESAid and Cooperation27 October 1995
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARY RELATING TO THE COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATIONAid and Cooperation27 September 1978
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARY REGARDING THE LIQUIDATION OF RUPEE BALANCES ON TERMINATION OF THE TRADE AND PAYMENTS AGREEMENT OF 3 MARCH 1971Business and Trade15 December 1977
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARY ON COOPERTION IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC HEALTHHealth09 December 1976
- PROTOCOL BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARY FOR COLLBORATION IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PROCESSINGAid and Cooperation11 September 1975
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARY ON SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATIONScience and Technology14 February 1974
- TRADE AND PAYMENTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNAGRYBusiness and Trade03 March 1971
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARY ON ECONOMIC COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation15 June 1966
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARY ON SCIENTIFIC COOPERATIONScience and Technology25 February 1966
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARY RELATING TO AIR SERVICESTransport23 February 1966
- AGREEMENT ON TRADE AND PAYMENTS BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARYBusiness and Trade22 November 1963
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARY REGARDING CULTURAL RELATIONSCultural Relations and Sport30 March 1962
- TRADE AND PAYMENTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARYBusiness and Trade25 June 1960
- TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARYBusiness and Trade17 June 1954
- AGREEMENT ON EXCHANGE OF GOODS BETWEEN INDIA AND HUNGARYAid and Cooperation08 April 1949
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 103 sections, 20,163 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India-Hungary Bilateral Relations · Bilateral Interactions · Visits from Hungary · Visits from India · Institutional Cooperation Modalities · Important Bilateral Treaties and Agreements.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 21% apart
- Overseas Indians9,700
- Indian community in Hungary8,000
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.