Industrial producer prices were 25.9% higher on average in Hungary in March 2022 than a year earlier. Domestic output prices were up by 39.4% and non-domestic output prices by 19.0%, the country's Central Statistical Office reports. The rate of increase of prices was influenced principally by rises in base material and energy prices as well […]

The number of tourism nights grew five-and-a-half-fold compared to January 2021 in Hungary but decreased by 38% compared to the same month of 2019, the Central Statistical Office reports. The number of nights spent by domestic guests at commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) increased – mainly due […]

Consumer prices were 5.5% higher on average in September 2021 than a year earlier. Significant price rises were measured over the last 12 months for alcoholic beverages and tobacco as well as motor fuels. In one month, consumer prices increased by 0.2% on average. The central Statistical Office reports that in 12 months, compared to September 2020, […]

11% more tourism nights were recorded in Hungary in August this year than in the same month of 2020, but 24% fewer than in August 2019, the Central Statistical Office reports. In August, domestic guests spent 1.9% more tourism nights in commercial accommodation establishments (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) than […]

The volume of construction output in July 2021 surpassed the level one year earlier by 22.5% according to raw data. However, the figure was down by 0.4% compared to the previous month, the Central Statistical Office reports. In July 2021, compared to the same month of the previous year:Output rose in both main groups of construction: […]

In July 2021, the volume of sales in retail trade increased by 2.5% according to raw data and by 3.0% when adjusted for calendar effects compared to the same period of the previous year. According to figures published by the Central Statistical Office this Friday, calendar-adjusted sales volumes rose by 3.7% in specialized and non-specialized […]

In the 2nd quarter of 2021 service exports calculated in EUR increased by 21%, while its imports decreased by 3.4% compared to the same quarter of the previous year. The surplus was EUR 1571 million, EUR 983 million more than in the 2nd quarter of 2020. As reported by Hungary's Central Statistical Office (KSH), the […]

Compared to July 2020, the number of live births decreased by 5.9% and that of deaths by 1.7%. 9,605 couples got married, which was 28% more than in the same period of the previous year, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office reports. In terms of the trends of vital events in the last twelve months, i.e. […]

The gross domestic product of Hungary increased by 17.9% according to raw data and by 17.7% according to seasonally and calendar adjusted and reconciled data in the 2nd quarter of 2021 compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. Compared to the previous quarter, the economic performance rose by 2.7% according to seasonally and […]

In May 2021 the volume of industrial production exceeded by 39.1% the low base level of last year’s May, caused by coronavirus pandemic related restrictions. Based on working-day adjusted data production rose by 40.2%, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. All manufacturing subsections contributed to the significant increase. The growth in the manufacture of […]

Industrial producer prices were 11.3% higher on average in May 2021 than a year earlier. The rate of increase of prices was influenced by the change of the forint exchange rate against the euro and by the price rise of raw and base materials, the Hungarian Central statistical Office reports. Domestic output prices were up […]

In April 2021, the volume of retail trade increased by 9.9% in raw data and by 10.6% in calendar-adjusted data, compared with the same period of the previous year, as a result of the gradual lifting of restrictions from mid-month, and the low point in April last year. In April, calendar-adjusted sales volumes rose by […]