Compared to the low base of the previous year, the performance of interurban passenger transport increased strongly in the first quarter of this year, while that of freight transport decreased, but both fell short of the pre-pandemic level, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) said in its evaluation of transport performance. Intercity passenger transport in […]

The number of tourism nights in Hungary grew nearly seven-fold compared to April 2021 and decreased by 28% compared to the same month of 2019, the Central Statistical Office reports. The number of nights spent by domestic guests at commercial accommodation establishments1 (hotels, boarding houses, camping sites, bungalow complexes and community hostels) increased – mainly […]

In May, consumer prices were on average 10.7% higher in Hungary than a year earlier. Over the past year, food and consumer durables have seen the biggest price increases. Consumer prices rose by an average of 1.7 % in one month, the country's Central Statistical Office reports. In 12 months, compared to May 2021:A price […]

In April 2022, the volume of sales in retail trade in Hungary increased by 15.7% according to raw data and by 15.8% when adjusted for calendar effects compared to the same period of the previous year, the Central Statistical Office reports. In April, calendar-adjusted sales volumes rose by 7.1% in specialized and non-specialized food shops, […]

Industrial producer prices were 28.8% higher on average in Hungary in April 2022 than a year earlier. Domestic output prices were up by 42.6% and non-domestic output prices by 21.8%, the Central Statistical Office reported this Tuesday. The rate of increase of prices was influenced principally by growths in base material and energy prices as […]

In April 2022, 6,484 children were born and 10,852 people died in Hungary according to preliminary data published by the country’s Central Statistical Office. Data show that in the last twelve months, i.e. between May 2021 and April 2022, the number of births diminished by 2.7% and that of deaths by 6.7%, while the number […]

By the end of April, 83% of the full-year deficit of HUF 3,152.7 billion planned for the public finances had been reached in Hungary. The value of Hungarian exports was 8.7% and that of Hungarian imports 23% larger in EUR terms in March 2022 than in the same period of the previous year. According to […]

In March 2022, the volume of industrial production grew by 3.6% year-on-year. Based on working-day adjusted data production rose by 4.2%. However, according to seasonally and working-day adjusted data industrial output was 0.1% lower than in February 2022. According to a report published by the Central Statistical Office this Friday, the majority of the manufacturing […]

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 to the low base caused by the pandemic restrictions – more than four-and-a-half-fold in March 2022 compared to the same month of 2021, the Central Statistical Office reports. However, […]

In March 2022, the volume of retail trade in both raw and calendar-adjusted data was 16.2% higher in Hungary than in the same month of the previous year, the country's Central Statistical Office reports. In March, calendar-adjusted sales volumes were essentially unchanged in specialized and non-specialized food shops and rose by 29.7% in non-food retailing […]

In March 2022, 6,970 children were born and 11,746 people died according to preliminary data published by the Central Statistical Office. In the last twelve months, between April 2021 and March 2022, the number of births diminished by 2.2% and that of deaths by 0.9%, while the number of marriages increased by 5.2% compared to […]

The volume of construction output in February 2022 surpassed the previous year’s level by 42.3% in Hungary according to raw data published by the Central Statistical Office this Wednesday. Among the two main groups, output was 56.2% higher in the construction of buildings and rose by 20.0% in civil engineering compared to the February 2021 […]

Consumer prices were 8.5% higher on average in March 2022 than a year earlier. The last time the inflation was as high was in June 2007. The highest price rise over the last 12 months was measured for food. In one month, consumer prices increased by 1.0% on average, the Central Statistical Office reports. In […]

In February 2022, the volume of retail trade in both raw and calendar-adjusted data in Hungary was 9.8% higher than in the same month of the previous year, the country's Central Statistical Office reports. In February, calendar-adjusted sales volumes rose by 3.4% in specialised and non-specialised food shops, by 14.6% in non-food retailing and by […]

In February 2022, the volume of industrial production grew by 4.5% year-on-year in Hungary, the country’s Central Statistical Office reports. The working day adjusted index is equal to the non-adjusted one. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data industrial output was 1.6% higher than in January 2022. The majority of the manufacturing subsections contributed to […]