Result:Ft 1,000,000 in 1990 → Ft 21,165,151.38 in 2026

Value of Ft 1,000,000 from 1990 to 2026

Updated: October 14, 2026

Ft 1,000,000 in 1990 is equivalent in purchasing power to about Ft 21,165,151.38 today, an increase of Ft 20,165,151.38 over 36 years. Cumulative inflation since 1990 is 2,016.52%: the forint had an average inflation rate of 8.85% per year between 1990 and today.

This means that today's prices are 21.17 times as high as average prices in 1990, according to the OECD and the World Bank consumer price index for Hungary. A forint today only buys 4.7% of what it could buy back then.

The inflation rate in 1990 was 28.37%. The current inflation rate compared to the end of last year is now 1.54%. If this number holds, Ft 1,000,000 today will be equivalent in buying power to Ft 1,015,397.61 next year.

Contents

Overview
Buying Power of Ft 1,000,000
Formulas & How to Calculate
Data Source

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Inflation from 1990 to 2026
Cumulative price change	2,016.52%
Average inflation rate	8.85%
Converted amount Ft 1,000,000 base	Ft 21,165,151.38
Price difference Ft 1,000,000 base	Ft 20,165,151.38
CPI in 1990	8.286
CPI in 2026	175.376
Inflation in 1990	28.37%
Inflation in 2026	1.54%
Ft 1,000,000 in 1990	Ft 21,165,151.38 in 2026

HUF inflation since 1990

Annual Rate, the OECD and the World Bank CPI

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Buying power of Ft 1,000,000 in 1990

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for Ft 1,000,000 in 1990 (price index tracking began in 1972).

For example, if you started with Ft 1,000,000, you would need to end with Ft 21,165,151.38 in order to "adjust" for inflation (sometimes refered to as "beating inflation").

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When Ft 1,000,000 is equivalent to Ft 21,165,151.38 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 1990 dollars, the chart below shows how Ft 1,000,000 is worth less over 36 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: 1990-2026
Year	Forint Value	Inflation Rate
1990	Ft 1,000,000.00	28.37%
1991	Ft 1,348,174.84	34.82%
1992	Ft 1,667,096.30	23.66%
1993	Ft 2,041,596.49	22.46%
1994	Ft 2,426,806.20	18.87%
1995	Ft 3,113,725.37	28.31%
1996	Ft 3,844,486.73	23.47%
1997	Ft 4,548,222.06	18.31%
1998	Ft 5,191,968.85	14.15%
1999	Ft 5,711,047.58	10.00%
2000	Ft 6,270,936.91	9.80%
2001	Ft 6,842,646.06	9.12%
2002	Ft 7,202,942.91	5.27%
2003	Ft 7,538,673.27	4.66%
2004	Ft 8,047,106.45	6.74%
2005	Ft 8,333,706.25	3.56%
2006	Ft 8,661,248.18	3.93%
2007	Ft 9,350,573.81	7.96%
2008	Ft 9,915,583.77	6.04%
2009	Ft 10,333,200.82	4.21%
2010	Ft 10,834,933.61	4.86%
2011	Ft 11,260,739.09	3.93%
2012	Ft 11,897,212.24	5.65%
2013	Ft 12,103,413.39	1.73%
2014	Ft 12,075,873.24	-0.23%
2015	Ft 12,068,427.02	-0.06%
2016	Ft 12,116,073.17	0.39%
2017	Ft 12,400,586.33	2.35%
2018	Ft 12,754,034.35	2.85%
2019	Ft 13,179,832.60	3.34%
2020	Ft 13,618,290.62	3.33%
2021	Ft 14,314,325.08	5.11%
2022	Ft 16,405,373.15	14.61%
2023	Ft 19,214,794.35	17.13%
2024	Ft 19,926,457.42	3.70%
2025	Ft 20,805,606.12	4.41%
2026	Ft 21,165,151.38	1.73%*

* 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 1990 amounts in today's forints, based on the 2,016.52% change in prices:

Conversion: 1990 forints today
Initial value	Equivalent value
Ft 1 forint in 1990	Ft 21.17 forints today
Ft 5 forints in 1990	Ft 105.83 forints today
Ft 10 forints in 1990	Ft 211.65 forints today
Ft 50 forints in 1990	Ft 1,058.26 forints today
Ft 100 forints in 1990	Ft 2,116.52 forints today
Ft 500 forints in 1990	Ft 10,582.58 forints today
Ft 1,000 forints in 1990	Ft 21,165.15 forints today
Ft 5,000 forints in 1990	Ft 105,825.76 forints today
Ft 10,000 forints in 1990	Ft 211,651.51 forints today
Ft 50,000 forints in 1990	Ft 1,058,257.57 forints today
Ft 100,000 forints in 1990	Ft 2,116,515.14 forints today
Ft 500,000 forints in 1990	Ft 10,582,575.69 forints today
Ft 1,000,000 forints in 1990	Ft 21,165,151.38 forints today

How to calculate inflation rate for Ft 1,000,000 since 1990

Our calculations use the following inflation rate formula to calculate the change in value between 1990 and today:

CPI todayCPI in 1990

1990 HUF value

Today's value

Then plug in historical CPI values. The Hungarian CPI was 8.286084 in the year 1990 and 175.3762222293055 in 2026:

175.37622222930558.286084

Ft 1,000,000

Ft 21,165,151.38

Ft 1,000,000 in 1990 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as Ft 21,165,151.38 in 2026.

To get the total inflation rate for the 36 years between 1990 and 2026, we use the following formula:

CPI in 2026 - CPI in 1990CPI in 1990

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Cumulative inflation rate (36 years)

Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:

175.3762222293055 - 8.2860848.286084

100

2,017%

Data source & citation

You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “Ft 1,000,000 in 1990 → Ft 21,165,151.38 today | Hungary Inflation Calculator.” Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 23 Oct. 2026, https://www.officialdata.org/hungary/inflation/1990?amount=1000000.

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.

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 1990 to 2026
Cumulative price change	2,016.52%
Average inflation rate	8.85%
Converted amount Ft 1,000,000 base	Ft 21,165,151.38
Price difference Ft 1,000,000 base	Ft 20,165,151.38
CPI in 1990	8.286
CPI in 2026	175.376
Inflation in 1990	28.37%
Inflation in 2026	1.54%
Ft 1,000,000 in 1990	Ft 21,165,151.38 in 2026