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Latest update: 30/11/2023

After stalling in September, rents rose again in October, by 0.4% nationally and 0.9% in the capital compared to the previous month, while real rents increased by 0.5% nationally and 1.0% in Budapest. In October, however, the level of real rents, which rose for much of 2023, was still around 3% below the peak recorded in summer 2022, following the epidemic outbreak.
01/12/2023

In 2022, we have registered sales of 138 thousand homes, 14% fewer than in the previous year. Turnover continued to fall in the first and second quarters of 2023. The price of second-hand dwellings rose by 3.9% in Q1 2023 and fell by 2.2% in Q2 2023 compared to the previous quarter, while the price of new dwellings rose in both quarters (by 2.7% and 7.6% respectively). Housing purchases by foreigners in Hungary picked up in 2022, surpassing the 2018 level, which was the peak in the years before the coronavirus epidemic.
28/11/2023

Tens of thousands of data of the approximately 500 tables, graphs and maps offer an overview of Hungary’s demographic, social and economic processes, its environmental specifics and their timely changes. Unemployment in the 15–74 age group decreased year-on-year, being 3.6% in 2022. We amass this year commercial, private and other accommodation establishments in one unit, a novelty approach of our publication, providing a better picture about tourist traffic. Tourism nights at accommodation establishments were 39 million 821 thousand in 2022.
23/11/2023

Employment continued to expand in Q2 2023 compared to the same period of the previous year. The average number of employed persons in the population aged 15-74 was 4 million 724 thousand, 31 thousand more than in Q2 2022. The number of unemployed increased by 36 thousand to 193 thousand. Average gross income increased significantly, while its purchasing power declined at a slowing pace, in line with the decline in inflation.
22/11/2023

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.
17/11/2023

The output of agriculture exceeded 4 thousand billion forints in Hungary in 2022, which was 19% higher than a year earlier. The growth was due to a 44% increase in prices. Owing to the weather with little precipitation, there was a decrease in the harvest of all crops, and a significant rise in expenditure hindered the performance of livestock production, too. Hungary made up 1.9% of the EU’s agricultural output. The net amount of subsidies on domestic production was 809 billion forints.
16/11/2023

In 2022, the number of deaths decreased to a greater extent than that of births, resulting in a slower pace of natural decrease. The total fertility rate also decreased but remained above the pre-coronavirus pandemic level. The number of marriages lessened; however, in 2022 it still ranks as the fourth highest in the past 30 years. The population of foreign immigrants increased, reaching the pre-2020 level. The Demographic Yearbook provides detailed data on the composition of population, the changes in births, marriages, divorces and deaths as well as the features of migration.
06/11/2023

The Gazetteer of the Countries under the Hungarian Crown was first published exactly 150 years ago, in 1873, being edited and administered by the National Hungarian Royal Statistical Office, followed by 25 additional editions, the last one in 2003. Since then it is published online. The Gazetteer is the name- and data repository of Hungary’s settlements, the present edition contains data according to the 1 January 2023 administrative status. Detailed data on intra-settlement dwellings and population, in the City quarters, settlement quarters chapter, are from the 2011 census, these are going to be updated at a later date.
30/10/2023

The value of the housing loan stock stood at HUF 4.9 thousand billion at the end of the first half of 2023, 0.3% lower than at the end of 2022, and its share of GDP was 7.4%, similar to the end of the previous year. Both the amount of housing loans granted and disbursed decreased significantly, which was reflected in all uses. Financial institutions continued to provide the largest amount of loans for the purchase of second-hand housing.
27/10/2023