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Latest update: 20/11/2025

25/11/2025

The current issue of the Hungarian Statistical Review of HCSO publishes articles on the following topics: the first paper examines the causality between trade, domestic savings, and economic growth in Ethiopia; the next one deals with determinants of exchange rate volatility in Ghana; modeling the volatility of the top three pharmaceutical sector stocks in the Indonesia using a two-stage modeling approach; on statistical properties and application of Poisson-Sujatha distribution; the relationship between financial literacy and financial vulnerability among disadvantaged social groups in Hungary; an examination of gender pay differences in Kenya, emphasizing the role of educational attainment in shaping earnings’ disparities.
25/11/2025

The latest issue of the scientific journal features studies on the following topics: the spatial variation in the determinants of human capital concentration in Tunisian local labour markets; the spread of Covid-19 based on internet search data at Hungary’s NUTS 2 level; technological capabilities and economic growth in the V4 countries; the relationship between attitudes regarding AI and material deprivation in Hungary; economic performance and energy management; asymmetries in retail fuel prices in the EU; interstate sugar price relationships between Florida, Texas, and Louisiana; urban–rural population trends in Europe.
20/11/2025

The idea of the smoke-free day started in the 1970s in the United States, with the goal of helping smokers in quitting. Due to the American success a smoke-free day is observed every year around the world on the third Thursday of November. The proportion of smokers in Hungary is still above the EU average. Sale of tobacco products had a 6.7% share in our domestic retail turnover of 2024. The import of tobacco and tobacco substitute products is greater than their export within the external trade.
20/11/2025

International Men’s Day is celebrated every year on 19 November all over the world. The idea originates from the 1960s, however it set off in its present form in 1999 with the support of the UN, from Trinidad and Tobago from the Caribbean region. Its purpose is to focus on the role men are playing and the social challenges they face. It is more and more recognized in Hungary, too, where its health maintenance and role of fathers features are highlighted on this day.
19/11/2025

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.
18/11/2025

The 2024 theatre attendance reached 7.2 million in Hungary.
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11/11/2025

The performance of Hungary’s economy was identical with the one of the same period of the previous year. The increasing performance of the services sector and consumption growth had a positive impact on GDP. These impacts however have been eliminated by the setback of the industry and agriculture, the continuously subdued investment activity and the deterioration in the balance of the external trade in goods. Retail trade volume continued to rise, tourism nights spent at accommodation establishments also increased in number.
10/11/2025

Hungarian radio broadcasting is 100-year-old. The first broadcast started on 1 December 1925 with a festive concert. The popularity of music programs is continuous ever since, their share in the total broadcast time was 62% in 2024. An ever-growing proportion of Hungary’ cinema seats – 42% in 2024 – are concentrated in multiplex cinemas with 8 or more auditoriums. Attendance of Hungarian films broke the record this year, out of the 10.7 million cinema tickets sold 14.5% were for domestic films.
10/11/2025