198 thousand farms were operating in Hungary on 1 June 2023, which was a decrease of 18% compared to 2020. According to the final data of the farm structure survey conducted in 2023, mostly small farms, producing lower values of production, finished their activity. In parallel, the average sizes of farms grew, and the dominance of crop production went on strengthening.
16/01/2025

In the 2024/2025 school year, 1.9 million children and students participate in the different levels of initial, vocational and tertiary education in Hungary. Compared to the previous school year, the number of kindergarten children as well as students in secondary schools and tertiary educational institutions increased, while that of students in primary schools decreased. The number of full-time teachers and instructors in initial education and vocational training has risen to nearly 148 thousand, which is an increase of more than 2,300 compared to a year earlier. The number of teachers and lecturers working in tertiary education institutions also increased.
16/01/2025

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Latest update: 16/01/2025

Compared with the previous month, asking rents grew by 1.3% nationally and by 1.0% in the capital in December 2024. The nominal rent index in December was 113% higher than the base in 2015 nationally, 103% higher in the capital, and 27% and 21% higher in real terms. Over a year, nominal rents increased by around 9–10% and real rents by 4-5%.
15/01/2025

The Carnival season starts on 6 January every year and lasts until the day before Ash Wednesday, the 40th day preceding Easter. This period is all about merriment, balls, cheerful feasts. The Busójárás of Mohács is one of the best known among the numerous traditions in Hungary, where winter is ousted by the parade of specific masks and fur wearing people (Busós) and by lighting bonfires. The 2025 Busójárás is going to take place between 27 February and 4 March.
13/01/2025

The performance of the Hungarian economy surpassed in the 1st – 3rd quarters of 2024 the one year earlier level by 0.6%. Household consumption increased, supported by real earnings growth, while inflation stabilised, being 3.7% in the 1st – 3rd quarters. The performance of most service offering sections and that of construction grew year-on-year, while that of the industry and agriculture lagged behind the one year earlier level. Labour market-wise both employment and unemployment rate slightly grew.
09/01/2025

In 2023, there were 61,000 nonprofit organisations in Hungary, whose number has not changed significantly compared to 2022. As in previous years, the activities of foundations were mostly related to education, social services and culture, while the share of nonprofit associations was the highest among social nonprofit organisations, such as leisure and sports associations and cultural organisations. The sector's weight in the national economy was 4.5%, based on the average of GDP-proportionate revenue and the proportion of employed persons.
18/12/2024

About 16 thousand works (books and brochures) have been published in 2023, the number of issues came close to 37 million. Every third volume was written by a foreign author. In case of cinemas, the number of those with one auditorium decreased, the larger ones and open-air cinema numbers grew in five years. The number of seats tend to concentrate in the 8 or more auditorium multiplexes; these represented 34% in 2019 and by 2023 gave 41% of the total capacity of cinemas in Hungary.
18/12/2024

In regard to telecommunication services close to HUF 338 billion revenue has been realised at service providers in the 3rd quarter of 2024, 58% of this coming from mobile voice and mobile internet services. The average time for fixed line calls stable (nearly 6 minutes), while mobile calls increased by 2.7% compared to the same period of the previous year.
18/12/2024

The number of fixed-line internet services subscriptions surpassed by 2.1% the one year earlier data in the 3rd quarter of 2024, due to the 8.1% increase of the optical segment. Packages offering at least 500 Mbit/s download speed reached 22% of all subscriptions. Fixed-line internet download traffic was 3,9%, mobile data traffic 21% higher than in the same period of 2023.
18/12/2024