It is exceptionally important to us to provide more up-to-date information on the social and economic developments in our country, in addition to our regular and detailed publications.
Our WEEKLY MONITOR provides insights into trends in key areas through weekly, monthly and quarterly data from our interactive chart collection.
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Latest update: 11.08.2022.

The Hungarian economy surpassed in the 1st quarter of 2022 the one year earlier level by 8.2%. The consumer price increase of the first four months was 8.5% year-on-year, producer prices grew at a significantly higher pace. Mortality decreased by 13% compared to the high base caused by the pandemic, the natural decrease of the population in January-March 2022 was 18 thousand people, 14% less than a year earlier..
16/08/2022

Rents increased at an accelerating rate in June: by 3.8% nationally and 4.0% in Budapest, compared to the previous month. In the capital city, the offer rents exceeded the level of the same period of the previous year by 24% on average, and within this, the most significant increase (27%) was observed in the inner districts of Pest. In June, the offer rents’ peak of January 2020 was exceeded by 14 nationally and by 10% in Budapest; nevertheless, in real terms, rents were still below the pre-pandemic level.
02/08/2022

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 monthly updated chart collection with the latest available data for each indicator is available here.
19/07/2022

Agricultural producer prices rose by 34% in the 1st quarter of 2022, primarily as a result of a 38% rise in crop product prices. Animal and animal product prices increased by 24%. Although the components of investments and intermediate consumption became significantly more expensive, input prices became 37% higher mostly owing to increases in the price of fertilisers (195%) and of natural gas, which is their base material.
12/07/2022

Hungary’s GDP reached HUF 13,648 billion in the 1st quarter of 2022. Non-financial corporations and the general government sector were net borrowers, while the other sectors of the economy were net lenders in that quarter. The saving ratio of households and non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs) came to 17%. The gross fixed capital formation rate of the total economy remained at a high level (23%).
11/07/2022

2021 was the recovery year from the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy restarted, its performance –following the 2020 setback – surpassed the previous year’s by 7.1%. The pocketbook, published every spring, offers through its tables an insight into the 2021 developments of Hungary’s social, economic processes.
01/07/2022

In the first quarter of 2022, foreigners made nearly two-thirds more trips to Hungary than in the same period of the previous year, which was more affected by the epidemic restrictions. Compared to Q1 2019, however, the number of inbound trips by foreigners to Hungary was one third lower. The number of Hungarian trips abroad in Q1 2022 increased by seven tenths compared to a year earlier, but this was still only 62% of the same period in 2019.
28/06/2022

In the 1st quarter of 2022, when the road traffic increased by 22%, there were 13% more, a total of 2,793 road traffic accidents involving personal injury, compared to the same period of the previous year, hit the hardest by the pandemic. This level was lower than the level of the same period in 2020 and 2019. The number of fatal accidents rose by 4.8%, while that of accidents involving serious and minor injuries by 15% and 12%, respectively. There were nearly one-quarter more drunk-driving accidents. Concerning the 3,724 persons injured, 98 persons deceased.
27/06/2022

Interurban passenger transport performance in Hungary grew strongly in Q1 2022 compared to the low base of the previous year. Freight transport performance, on the other hand, declined, but both were below their pre-pandemic levels. Although international passenger numbers and performance were up sharply compared to a year earlier, they were still only a fraction of Q1 2019. The number of first-time car registrations was higher than a year earlier, totalling 64,000.
20/06/2022