There is only one official statistic is available, which is the number of those people who have allocated the 1% of their income tax on their tax filings to the Church of Scientology (until it was deregistered as a church and transformed into a religious association in 2012):
According to the website of the Hungarian National Tax and Customs Office, :
Year # of people amount paid to the Church
2002: 840 3 368 400 HUF
2003: 833 3 568 192 HUF
2004: 1034 4 109 757 HUF
2005: 880 4 154 000 HUF
2006: 1263 5 727 350 HUF
2007: 1138 5 571 377 HUF
2008: 1062 5 270 498 HUF
2009: 1161 5 496 052 HUF
2010: 1219 5 080 927 HUF
As a religious association (Note: This is a different kind of 1%, and Scientology shares this option with every non-profit organization in Hungary. Before 2011, they were able to ask for the other kind of 1%, which is restricted to registered churches only.):
Year # of people amount paid to Scientology
2011: 233 789 100 HUF
2012: 436 1 374 915 HUF
2013: 371 1 023 100 HUF
2014: 281 942 714 HUF
2015: 289 971 670 HUF
2016: 343 1 244 499 HUF
Hungarian Scientologists Going to the U.S.
The number of Hungarian Scientologist going to the US
to work for the C of S was 202 between 2009 and 2015, according to a FOIA request.
