It is particularly important to present, in addition to our regular and detailed publications, the current situation of the areas most affected by the pandemic with flash estimates using a limited information base. Our WEEKLY MONITOR presents the economic and social impacts of the pandemic through daily, weekly and monthly updated preliminary data as a collection of interactive diagrams.

Published: 26/07/2021

Rents continued to rise in June 2021, increasing by 1.6% nationally and by 1.8% in Budapest compared to the previous month. Supply prices were also slightly higher than in the same period last year, something not seen for more than a year. Of all the district groups in Budapest, prices stagnated only in the outer districts of Pest, the largest price increase (2.8%) on the previous month being recorded in the transitional districts of Pest.
27/07/2021

In 2020 the coronavirus pandemic largely influenced vital events, primarily including the number of deaths and divorces and the direction of changes in residence. The number of deaths increased significantly and that of births slightly; therefore, natural decrease rose by 20% compared to previous year. Taking the 9,100 person surplus of international immigration and emigration into consideration, the population of the country fell by 39.6 thousand. The number of marriages increased by 3.1%.
20/07/2021

In the 1st quarter of 2021 the average length of calls initiated from mobile and fixed line networks significantly surpassed the previous year’s data. Mobile data traffic came close to one-and-a-half time of the previous year’s. The Covid-19 epidemic related altered contact habits played a part in the change in these values. The optical network based internet subscriptions continued to increase in number, these represented in the 1st quarter of 2021 one-third of the fixed line subscriptions.
15/07/2021

Hungary's GDP amounted to HUF 11 576 billion in the first quarter of 2021. General government was the largest borrowing sector in this quarter, while households and corporations were in a net lending position. Growth in disposable income of households and non-profit institutions serving households was not matched by an increase in final consumption expenditure. Gross fixed capital formation rate of the national economy as a whole (22%) increased compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
07/07/2021

The Covid19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the socio-economic developments in Hungary in 2020. The latest pocketbook shows, for example, that compared to the previous year, the output of the national economy decreased by 5%, the number of private enterprises temporarily ceasing their activities increased to 103,000, more people teleworked than before, there were fewer traffic accidents, more mail and courier deliveries were sent, and fewer but longer phone calls were made.
05/07/2021

The recent issue of the scientific journal presents contributions on a macro-level road network evaluation through fuzzy signature rule bases, a risk assessment method to reduce cardiovascular diseases, the effects of socio-economic status and environmental factors on the academic performance of Eritrean students, the price asymmetry in the petroleum sub-sector of Ghana, Kenya and Colombia, and a statistical comparison of Hungarian administrative public service processes using performance indicators.
28/06/2021

The dashboard contains monthly and quarterly indicators form a number of statistical areas relevant for tracking the economic and social recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, across countries and time. The January edition of the monthly updated dashboard is accessible here, with the latest available data for each indicator.
17/06/2021