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Latest update: 16/10/2025

October 23, 2025, marks the 69th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight. Due to the military actions, approximately 9% of all retail shops in Hungary (25,000 shops) suffered damage to some extent—predominantly in the capital—with nearly 200 shops rendered unusable. Retail turnover between October 1 and December 15, 1956 (HUF 12.4 billion), exceeded that of the previous year by more than one-fifth, which was primarily due to an increase in purchases by the rural population.
22/10/2025

The Digital world chapter of the Hungary in figures, 2023 publication offers data on widespread information and communication technologies. Internet access was available in 96% of enterprises (employing at least 10 people) in 2023, and already 45% of these was using cloud-based apps. Households’ internet degree of supply rose to the EU average: 93%. Four out of five Hungarians browsed news sites, communicated on social media, furthermore two out of three people made use of online banking services and searched for health-illness related information.
22/10/2025

In Hungary, the number of housing constructions fell by 29% in 2024, and planned housing constructions also continued to decline in number. Housing construction costs rose at a slowing pace, in the single digits. At the same time, the volume of housing loans disbursed doubled compared to the previous year’s low base. Following the downturn a year earlier, housing market activity picked up, and housing prices once again recorded double-digit growth.
21/10/2025

The deficit of the general government sector in Hungary was HUF 4,090 billion, 5.0% of GDP in 2024. The revenue of the general government sector increased by 6.7% and the expenditures by 3.1% compared to 2023. The debt of the general government sector – based on data of the National Bank of Hungary – was HUF 59,879 billion, 73.5% of GDP at the end of 2024.
21/10/2025

The chapter entitled Society in the publication Hungary in Figures, 2023 provides an insight into the processes that determine our everyday lives (including, among others, analysis of demographic, educational, labour market, and income data). The childbearing age has increased significantly in recent decades. Around the turn of the millennium, the mean age of women at the birth of their first child was only 25 years, rising to 28 years by 2010, and then, increasing at a slowing rate, it has exceeded 29 years since 2021.
21/10/2025

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.
21/10/2025

The Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority will hold the Night of Power Plants on 17 October this year. Interested people can have a look into the world of energy suppliers and public utility companies at more than 80 venues throughout the country. Fossil sources have continuously declined in importance in Hungary in the last decades, while renewables-based electricity production grew to a record level, 11.6 billion kilowatt hours in 2024. Solar energy in Hungary (9.0 billion kWh) has an outstanding role even at an international level, having ensured over three-quarters of green electricity last year.
17/10/2025

In 2024, the number of births decreased to a greater extent than that of deaths, resulting in a slower pace of natural decrease. Life expectancy at birth rose to its highest level ever. The decline in the number of marriages continued. The Demographic Yearbook provides detailed data on the composition of the population, the changes in births, marriages, divorces and deaths, as well as the features of migration.
15/10/2025

The latest issue of the scientific journal features studies on the following topics: immigration and native labour market conditions in Argentina; food security through agricultural financing in Indonesia; spatial characteristics of the sex ratio shift in India; GDP per capita and human capital investment after the exhaustion of the first demographic dividend; community-led local development strategies; regional inequality in Mexico’s post-pandemic economic recovery; the conditional effects of Covid-19 on earnings management; sectoral structure of employment in EU member states.
13/10/2025