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Latest update: 13/11/2025

The 2024 theatre attendance reached 7.2 million in Hungary.
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11/11/2025

The performance of Hungary’s economy was identical with the one of the same period of the previous year. The increasing performance of the services sector and consumption growth had a positive impact on GDP. These impacts however have been eliminated by the setback of the industry and agriculture, the continuously subdued investment activity and the deterioration in the balance of the external trade in goods. Retail trade volume continued to rise, tourism nights spent at accommodation establishments also increased in number.
10/11/2025

Hungarian radio broadcasting is 100-year-old. The first broadcast started on 1 December 1925 with a festive concert. The popularity of music programs is continuous ever since, their share in the total broadcast time was 62% in 2024. An ever-growing proportion of Hungary’ cinema seats – 42% in 2024 – are concentrated in multiplex cinemas with 8 or more auditoriums. Attendance of Hungarian films broke the record this year, out of the 10.7 million cinema tickets sold 14.5% were for domestic films.
10/11/2025

The number of permanent migrants increased significantly during the coronavirus pandemic, and then it decreased significantly in 2022 and especially in 2023, but increased again in 2024. During the pandemic, migration was directed from larger settlements to smaller ones; however, from 2023, there was a migration gain in the capital city, while the gains in the villages declined significantly.
05/11/2025

Following the more dynamic summer increase, rents moderated in September 2025: they fell by 1.1% nationally and by 0.2% in Budapest compared to the previous month's level. In nominal terms, the rent index in September surpassed the 2015 base by 126% nationally and 116% in the capital, while in real terms, it exceeded the base by 31% and 25%, respectively. Over the course of a year, nominal rents increased by approximately 7%, and real rents increased by around 2%.
05/11/2025

According to seasonally and calendar adjusted data, households and non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs) were in a net lending, while non-financial corporations, financial corporations and general government in a net borrowing position in the 2nd quarter of 2025. The gross saving rate of households and NPISHs came to 17% and their gross investment rate to 5.1%. The gross profit share of non-financial corporations reached 39% and their gross investment rate 27%.
04/11/2025

On 3 November, 2025, we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. On 3 November, 1825, at the National Assembly in Pozsony (today Bratislava), István Széchenyi, by the inspiring speech of Pál Felsőbüki Nagy, offered the annual income from all his estates to establish a Learned Society, which has been called the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 1858. In 2024, the institution had a total of 687 national and foreign members (including 63 women), nearly 30% of whom worked in research and development institution in Hungary.
03/11/2025

October 23, 2025, marks the 69th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight. Due to the military actions, approximately 9% of all retail shops in Hungary (25,000 shops) suffered damage to some extent—predominantly in the capital—with nearly 200 shops rendered unusable. Retail turnover between October 1 and December 15, 1956 (HUF 12.4 billion), exceeded that of the previous year by more than one-fifth, which was primarily due to an increase in purchases by the rural population.
22/10/2025

The Digital world chapter of the Hungary in figures, 2023 publication offers data on widespread information and communication technologies. Internet access was available in 96% of enterprises (employing at least 10 people) in 2023, and already 45% of these was using cloud-based apps. Households’ internet degree of supply rose to the EU average: 93%. Four out of five Hungarians browsed news sites, communicated on social media, furthermore two out of three people made use of online banking services and searched for health-illness related information.
22/10/2025