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: 03/10/2024
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: 03/10/2024
International Music Day, 1 October 2024
On the initiative of violinist Yehudi Menuhin UNESCO declared 1 October the International Music Day in 1975. Wherever we may live on the Earth, music is part of our everyday life. Concerts and festivals attract crowds, accessing music content, however, underwent a significant change compared to the turn of the millennium. Digital options, the internet, replacing vinyl records and tape cassettes in a great extent, transformed the music industry; the AI appearance in turn is going to generate further significant shifts.01/10/2024
National accounts of Hungary, 2023 (2nd preliminary data)
Hungary’s gross domestic product (GDP) was HUF 75,087 billion in 2023, its volume being 0.9% lower than a year earlier. The amount of gross domestic product per capita amounted to HUF 7.8 million. The deficit of the general government sector was HUF 5,035.1 billion in 2023, which corresponded to 6.7% of GDP. Our publication contains, in addition to preliminary data for 2023, data revised for earlier years as a result of international and domestic methodological changes and of newly used data sources.
30/09/2024
30/09/2024
Snapshots, 2023 – Housing market
The number of housing units built fell by nearly a tenth, reaching a five-year low in 2023. Housing construction costs continued to rise at a slower pace, but still at double-digit rates. In addition to the rising cost of home building, the sharp fall in construction sentiment was also influenced by higher interest rates on housing loans. Both the number and the amount of loans disbursed fell sharply. Housing market turnover fell by almost a quarter and home price growth slowed significantly compared to a year earlier.
30/09/2024
30/09/2024
World Tourism Day, 27 September 2024
Initiated by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), World Tourism Day has been celebrated on 27 September every year since 1980. In the recent period, domestic and international tourism has been characterised by recovery and growth following the coronavirus pandemic. According to preliminary data, 9.9 million guests spent 24.5 million tourism nights in tourist accommodation establishments in Hungary in January–July 2024, 6.0% more than in the same period of the previous year.27/09/2024
Near-record water levels on the Danube - One fifth of the territory of Hungary and one third of its settlements at risk of flooding
Storm Boris, which struck central Europe in mid-September, brought heavy rainfall to the region, triggering long-unprecedented flooding in the upper Danube. In Hungary, too, water levels reached record levels, in some cases approaching the highest levels of 2013 by less than half a metre. A fifth of Hungary's territory and a third of its settlements are at risk of flooding, with more than 300 of them classified as high risk.25/09/2024
World Alzheimer's Day - 21 September
World Alzheimer's Day was announced by the Alzheimer International Society in 1994 to raise awareness of the accelerating spread of the disease, the need for national action programmes and to improve the living conditions of people living with the disease and their families. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of mental decline in old age, dementia, and around 55 million people worldwide suffer from this disease today.
20/09/2024
20/09/2024
HCSO–ingatlan.com-rent index, August 2024
The rate of growth in Hungarian asking rents slowed in August 2024, rising by 0.5% nationally and remaining virtually stagnant (+0.1%) in Budapest compared with the previous month. The nominal rent index in August was 113% higher than the base in 2015 nationally, 102% higher in the capital, and 28% and 22% higher in real terms. Over a year, nominal rents have increased by 9-10% and real rents by around 6%.
19/09/2024
19/09/2024
Telecommunication, television services, 2nd quarter of 2024
In regard to telecommunication services close to HUF 332 billion revenue has been realised at service providers in the 2nd quarter of 2024, 58% of this coming from mobile voice and mobile internet services. The average time of fixed line calls dropped by 7.0%, that of mobile calls increased by 0.5% compared to the same period of the previous year. Advanced digital technologies are increasingly widespread at television service subscriptions.18/09/2024
First releases
News, events
- Strategic agreement between the HCSO and the NGM – Decreasing data collection costs and reporting burden, increasing data integrity, 08/10/2024
- The Spatial Statistics Workshop, HCSO´s professional consultation and knowledge-sharing forum, meets again, 07/10/2024
- HCSO publishes September motor fuel price statistics, 04/10/2024
- The power of statistics behind successful business decisions – Launch of the HCSO STAT Academy Business lecture series, 03/10/2024
- A fresh approach to the construction industry – Joint experimental statistics from HCSO and METU shed light on unprecedented characteristics of the sector, 02/10/2024