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21/11/2024

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Latest update: 21/11/2024

The idea of the smoke free day originated in the United States with the aim of helping, assisting people in quitting smoking. On the initiative of the WHO the third Thursday of November was declared smoke-free day on international level. Our smoking habits have a strong impact on out health. The proportion of smokers decreased in Hungary during the last decade, still, this ratio remains high in international comparison.
21/11/2024

180 years ago, on 13 November 1844, the Hungarian language also became an official language of the Monarchy by decree of King Ferdinand V. To commemorate this event, in 2011, the Hungarian Parliament declared 13 November Hungarian Language Day, drawing attention to the Hungarian language, which binds all Hungarians together and is the basis of national identity. It is a language that is unique among European languages with its thirty-nine different sounds, and it is considered one of the most difficult languages in the world to learn because of its many grammatical exceptions.
13/11/2024

We commemorate Prince Saint Emeric, the son of King Saint Stephen and Queen Gisela the Blessed, the patron saint of Hungarian youth on 5 November. On 1 January 2024, the number of young people aged 16–29 in Hungary was around 1.5 million, representing 15.3% of the population. Their labour market situation has improved significantly in the past period; the employment rate of recently graduated young people aged 20–34 with at least secondary education has exceeded the EU average every year since 2014.
05/11/2024

In 2023, in addition to a record number of 68 thousand sport hunters, nearly 3 thousand professional hunters performed tasks of wildlife management and wildlife protection management in Hungary. Out of the 50 best antlered deer trophies in Hungary so far, 20 were taken in Zala County, 11 in Somogy County, and 15-15 of the best fallow deer trophies were taken in Hajdú-Bihar and Tolna Counties. The revenues of hunting companies from shooting for hire and the provision of related services increased to a peak value of HUF 18.2 billion in 2023.
31/10/2024

Hungary’s GDP reached HUF 20,373 billion in the 2nd quarter of 2024. Financial corporations as well as the sector made up by households and non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs) were in a net lending, while non-financial corporations and the general government sector in a net borrowing position in this period. The gross saving rate of households and NPISHs came to 25% and their gross investment rate to 6.7%. The gross profit share of non-financial corporations was 41% and their gross investment rate 29%.
29/10/2024

The deficit of the general government sector in Hungary was HUF 5,035 billion, 6.7% of GDP in 2023, based on preliminary data of national accounts. The revenue of the general government sector was HUF 32,111 billion and its expenditure HUF 37,146 billion. Compared to 2022, revenues increased by 14.1% and expenditures by 15.2%. The debt of the general government sector – based on data of the National Bank of Hungary – was HUF 55,142 billion, 73.4% of GDP at the end of 2023.
22/10/2024

On 23 October 2024, we will celebrate the 68th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight of 1956 and the 35th anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic. In the weeks following 23 October 1956, the process of data provision was interrupted, and HCSO started data collections again on 10 December 1956. The Office published these results, which cannot be considered complete, for the first time in the publication of 15 January 1957 entitled Main data on the period October-December 1956, and some data from this are presented in this infographic.
23/10/2024

In 60 years, the number of passenger cars increased in Hungary 60-fold, (from 70 thousand to 4.2 million). Half of the early 1960s cars were ?koda, Moskvitch, or Trabant, by adding Lada and Wartburg, too, these five brands were present mostly on the roads of Hungary; Polski Fiat and Dacia joined the group in the 1980s. Since 1975 Lada was sold in the largest numbers; following the regime change, however, Western European (with Opel in the forefront) then Far Eastern passenger cars gradually replaced the late Comecon brands.
11/10/2024