Key figures
Inflation
Indicator description
Average change in the prices of goods and services purchased by households for own use, compared to the same period of the previous year. The consumer price index less 100 equals the inflation rate.
Source:
Summary tables (STADAT)
Latest data: –
GDP
Indicator description
Gross domestic product is the sum of gross value added produced by industries or sectors, valued at basic prices, and of the balance of taxes and subsidies on products, which cannot be divided by industry or sector, less financial intermediation services not divided by industry or sector. GDP volume change compared to the same period of the previous year is presented based on unadjusted data.
Source:
Summary tables (STADAT)
Latest data: –
Adjusted population
Indicator description
The full-scope censuses conducted every ten years show a comprehensive picture of the number and composition of the population. For determining the annual population number in the period between two censuses, the starting point is the population number of the last census (currently the census with the reference date of 1 October 2022), and from this, the population was estimated by using natural increase or decrease data available from the statistics of vital events until 2000. From 2001 international migration is also taken into account.
Source:
Summary tables (STADAT)
Latest data: –
Unemployment rate
Indicator description
The ratio of unemployed persons to the economically active population of corresponding age. The indicator can be calculated for different age groups, the default is the age group 15–74. Further selected age groups: 15–24, 25–54, 55–74.
Source:
Summary tables (STADAT)
Latest data: –
Employment rate
Indicator description
The ratio of employed persons to the population of corresponding age. The indicator can be calculated for different age groups, the default is the age group 15–64. Further selected age groups: 15–24, 25–54, 55–64 and 20–64.
Source:
Summary tables (STADAT)
Latest data: –
Industrial production
Indicator description
We measure changes of industrial production by variations of industrial production values, however the impact of price change is filtered out. We calculate the volume index of production based on comparative prices data of the industrial production value (presented at reference period price levels).
Source:
Summary tables (STADAT)
Latest data: –
Featured
The Weekly Monitor has been renewed
The HCSO Weekly Monitor is replaced by the HCSO Monitor starting 11 October 2023. The interactive collection of figures, available on the HCSO website, continues to inform about the latest domestic and international social and economic trends, at the same time figures of First Releases have been added to the subjects, as such the content of its categories changed to a certain extent.
The figures of the HCSO Monitor may be downloaded, as before, in image and data formats (PNG, SVG and CSV).
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Latest update: 27/06/2024
The figures of the HCSO Monitor may be downloaded, as before, in image and data formats (PNG, SVG and CSV).
Feel free to browse the latest data of the HCSO!
Latest update: 27/06/2024
Hungarian Statistical Review, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2024
The current issue of the Hungarian Statistical Review of the HCSO publishes articles covering topics on the Aid for Trade (AfT) and its impact on emerging economies, corporate social responsibility considering CEOs and the legal environment of a country, China’s fight against corruption in a global economy; the relationship between enterprise-level competitiveness and environmental performance; and the potential future market segments in the electric vehicle market.
28/06/2024
28/06/2024
Hungary, 2023
Geopolitical tensions continued to overshadow economic developments in 2023, with the gross domestic product falling by 0.9%. Inflationary pressures gradually eased, but the 17.6% annual increase in consumer prices led to a decline in real earnings and consumption, and negatively affected investment decisions. Despite the economic difficulties, employment has reached a record high. In 2023, the number of deaths and births continued to fall, in addition to the decrease in the number of women of childbearing age.
27/06/2024
27/06/2024
Internet services, 1st quarter of 2024
The number of fixed-line internet services subscriptions surpassed by 2.3% the one year earlier data in the 1st quarter of 2024, due to the 8% increase of the optical segment. Packages offering at least 500 Mbit/s download speed reached 22% of all subscriptions. Fixed-line internet download traffic was 16%, mobile data traffic 35% higher than in the same period of 2023.26/06/2024
Telecommunication, television services, 1st quarter of 2024
In regard to telecommunication services close to HUF 304 billion revenue has been realised at service providers in the 1st quarter of 2024, 57% of this coming from mobile voice and mobile internet services. The average time of fixed line calls dropped by 1.2%, that of mobile calls increased by 1.1% compared to the same period of the previous year. Advanced digital technologies are increasingly widespread at television service subscriptions.26/06/2024
Regional Statistics, Volume 14, Number 3, 2024
The most recent issue of the scientific journal features studies on the following topics: impact of government spending shocks, Hungarian retail gasoline market, the extended Amato index and its application to income data, location of European companies and their access to finance, the green investment and green economic development, crash risk spillover analysis, trends in the Czech and Hungarian labour markets from a regional perspective, and the rents, financial development, and economic growth of Middle Eastern and North African countries.
25/06/2024
25/06/2024
Snapshots, 2023 – Industry
The volume of industrial production lagged behind the previous year’s level by 5.5% in 2023. Output lessened in manufacturing – providing the overwhelming majority of production -, too, it increased in three subsections only, to the greatest extent in the manufacturing of electrical equipment, followed by the largest weight carrying vehicle production. Food industry growth, lasting for years, halted, and – mainly due to the decreasing demand induced by a high food-price inflation level– production volume fell.
25/06/2024
25/06/2024
Rubik’s Cube turns 50
Ernő Rubik, the creator of the Rubik's cube, will turn 80 on 13 July 2024. The story of the game began in 1974, when the architect and university professor built a magic cube out of wood and rubber to develop spatial thinking in students. At first he didn't believe in its success, finding it too difficult to put together, but by the 1980s the cube had become world famous. Its popularity has continued ever since, winning the Toy of the Year award many times around the world. More than 400 million copies of one of the most successful games of all time have been sold.21/06/2024
European Statistical Monitor: June edition
The chart collection contains monthly and quarterly indicators of economic and social developments by country and over time. The monthly updated chart collection with the latest available data for each indicator is available here.
18/06/2024
18/06/2024
European Football Championship – 14 June – 14 July 2024
It was in 1958 that the Union of European Football Associations launched the continent championship, bearing the name European Nations’ Cup in the beginning, and matches of the four-team final phase were organised in France in 1960. The number of participants in the tournament renamed European Championship in 1968 was raised time after time, first to 8, after that to 16 and then to the present-day 24 teams. 33 national teams have qualified at least once for the 16 tournaments organised so far, and 10 teams have won the cup, the Germans and the Spaniards doing so most often (both 3 times).
14/06/2024
14/06/2024
First releases
News, events
- HCSO publishes weekly motor fuel price statistics, 28/06/2024
- Népszava erroneously explains the data of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, misinforming readers – HCSO's response to the article “Ultragáz ”, 19/06/2024
- HCSO is taking steps in order to increase response propensity – In focus: Data supply improvement, 19/06/2024
- Industrial value chain length and territorial concentration – HCSO publishes new experimental statistics, 17/06/2024
- Hungary, 2023, this year’s volume of HCSO’s series of comprehensive annual publications comes out, 11/06/2024