Hungary spends an extraordinary 5.5% of GDP on child-support measures. Yet in 2025 the birth rate fell to 1.31, with just 72,000 babies born, the fewest on record https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/03/19/viktor-orbans-pro-natalist-policies-are-not-working?taid=69c24932e5435b0001c526e8&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante
