Output of Hungary's industrial sector fell 7.3% year-on-year in August, a first reading of data released by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Tuesday shows. Output was also down 4.6% when adjusted for the number of workdays. Output fell in all but one of the branches of manufacturing. Output was significantly down in the automotive […]
In August 2025, the volume of retail trade was 1.9% higher in raw data, or 2.4% higher in calendar adjusted terms, than in the same month of the previous year, the country's Central Statistics Office (KSH) reported this Monday. According to seasonally and calendar adjusted data, the volume of retail sales was 0.8% up on […]
Hungary's government sector had a HUF 480 billion surplus in the second quarter, equivalent to 2.2% of GDP, data released by the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Wednesday show. The deficit of central government amounted to HUF 535 billion, while local governments and social security funds had HUF 137 and 88 billion surpluses. In […]
Hungary had a EUR 557 million trade surplus in August, according to data released by the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Tuesday. Exports fell 5.3% year-on-year to EUR 10.193 billion. Imports dropped 8.0% to EUR 9.636 billion. Trade with other European Union member states accounted for 74% of Hungary's exports and 71% of its […]
Industrial producer prices were 2.3% higher on average in Hungary in August 2025 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices rose by 0.9% and non-domestic ones by 3.0% compared to August in the previous year, the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Compared to the previous month, domestic output prices lessened by 0.5% and non-domestic […]
In August 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4,676,000. The number of unemployed persons was 215,000 and the unemployment rate was 4.4%, Hungary's Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. In the period June–August 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4,679,000, 36,000 fewer than a year earlier. Among males, […]
Consumer prices were 4.3% higher on average in August 2025 than a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office reports. Compared to July, prices were unchanged on average. In 12 months, compared to August 2024:A price increase of 5.9% (4.7% excluding food and beverage serving services) was recorded for food, within which 19.9% for eggs, 18.5% […]
The volume of industrial production in Hungary lagged behind the level of one year earlier 1.0% in July 2025. The working day adjusted index is equal to the non-adjusted one. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data, industrial output was 2.0% higher than in June 2025, the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Production volume […]
In July 2025, the volume of retail trade in Hungary in both raw and calendar-adjusted data was 1.7% higher than in the same month of the previous year, the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Compared to the same period of the previous year, calendar-adjusted sale volumes expanded by 2.3% in specialized and non-specialized food […]
The volume of Hungary’s gross domestic product was 0.1% higher according to raw data and 0.2% higher according to seasonally and calendar adjusted and reconciled data in the 2nd quarter of 2025 than in the corresponding period of the previous year, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Compared to the previous quarter, the economic performance […]
Industrial producer prices were unchanged in July 2025 compared to previous month and 4.5% higher on average than a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports. Industrial producer prices were 4.5% higher on average in July 2025 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices were 1.6% and non-domestic ones 5.9% higher than in July […]
Service exports calculated in EUR increased by 2.4%, imports lessened by 3.4% in the 2nd quarter of 2025, compared to the same period of the previous year. The surplus reached EUR 3.1 billion, EUR 423 million higher than in the 2nd quarter of 2024, according to the Central Statistical Office (KSH). The export value improved […]
The surplus of the external trade in goods was EUR 578 million in Hungary in July; compared to the same period of the previous year, the volume of export surpassed by 3.5%, that of import by 1.0% the one year earlier level, the Central Statistical Office reports. The surplus was EUR 578 million, the balance […]
In July 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4,712,000. The number of unemployed persons was 211,000 and the unemployment rate was 4.3%, according to the country's Central Statistical Office (KSH). In the period May–July 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4,681,000, 30,000 fewer than a year earlier. […]
According to preliminary data, 6,696 children were born and 8,782 people died in July 2025 in Hungary, the country's Central Statistical Office reports. The number of births lessened by 2.0%, that of deaths by 18% and that of marriages by 11% compared to the same month of the previous year. In July 2025:A total of […]
