Integrated Farm Statistics data collection – IFS 2026

The Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO) is conducting an integrated farm statistics (IFS) data collection between 15 May and 15 July 2026 under the name Agrárium, 2026.

The aim of the data collection is to monitor changes in the structure of agriculture and to provide accurate and reliable information for national and EU farmers. For this, it is indispensable that data providers participate and provide accurate data.

Why is the data collection necessary?

The data collection is mandatory in EU member states under Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2914.

The information from agricultural data collections helps farmers considerably make plans and economic decisions. In addition, it supports decision-makers with timely, detailed and reliable data so that they can take measures that benefit the farming community.

Accurate data provision is highly essential to enable farmers, their representative organisations as well as government decision-makers to make their decisions in the interests of farmers and relying on reliable data. These data serve as a basis, too, for planning subsidy policies at national and EU levels and assessing their impacts.

What data do we collect?

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2914, connected with the Regulation on IFS 2026, defines the data sets that will be collected in Agrárium, 2026. Besides, the questionnaire was completed – in relation to national policy planning – with additional questions as well.

The Agrárium 2026 brochure informs on the different themes and provides interesting information on agriculture through figures (available only in Hungarian).

Themes of the full questionnaire:

Land use
Territorial characteristics of wine grapes
Livestock of the farm by age and sex, changes in the livestock of main animal species
Slaughtering of live animals
Animal housing and manure management
Services
Labour force
Other gainful activities (OGA) related to the agricultural holding

There are three questionnaires linked to Agrárium 2026:

Who are affected by the data collection?

HCSO is carrying out the IFS data collection in 969 settlements in Hungary. The data collection covers about 47 thousand private farms, 14 thousand agricultural enterprises and some 4.5 thousand key private farms.

The data collection is completely electronic: the data are collected on online interface or on survey tablets.

In Agrárium, 2026 enumerators will visit the following settlements:

Is it compulsory to respond?

Under Articles 24 and 26 of Act CLV of 2016 on Official Statistics, data provision is compulsory for those designated for the data collection.

How do you ensure that my data are properly protected?

The data collection does not include personal data. However, for sole proprietors and primary producers, the name and the address retain their natural character, as do contact details (telephone number, e-mail address), if they are specifically linked to a natural person.

The data collection is accompanied by a prize draw. The information relating to this is governed by points 2.4 and 2.15 of HCSO’s General Data Processing Notice. Other detailed rules relating to the prize draw are set out in the Prize Draw Terms and Conditions.

Why are pre-filled identification data included in the questionnaire and why is it necessary to provide identification data?

The aim of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office is to reduce respondent burden and continuously improve the quality of data. To this end, it highly relies on data from public registers, which will help significantly reduce the length of the questionnaire and the response time in the future.

The adoption of administrative data is made possible for HCSO by Act CLV of 2016 on Official Statistics (Act on Statistics), on the basis of which HCSO adopts data from the National Food Chain Safety Office, the Hungarian State Treasury and also the National Chamber of Agriculture among others.

HCSO shall link the data sets it handles solely for statistical purposes, to the extent and for the duration necessary to achieve the purpose, and shall guarantee the security of the data (pursuant to Article 41 of Act on Statistics).

The Office shall treat confidentially the data collected and use them solely for statistical purposes. The adoption of administrative data is governed by point 1.2 of HCSO’s General Data Processing Notice.

Individually collected data are used exclusively for statistical purposes, the Office using solely aggregate data in publication and not publishing individual data.

What documents with what kind of information included are worth to be prepared in order to fill in the questionnaire quickly?

Records relating to farming (e.g. size of land, livestock, etc.)
The farm-related client identifier(s), for which subsidies have been applied for from the Hungarian State Treasury
The identifier(s) received from the National Chamber of Agriculture

How and when are the data collected?

Agricultural enterprises (OSAP 2242) will have to fill in the questionnaire in HCSO’s Elektra system, as they do for the other data provided to HCSO, in the period between 15 May and 15 June 2026.

Key private farms (OSAP 2374) will provide data exclusively online, also in the period between 15 May and 15 June 2026, based on the guide received by e-mail or post.

Non-key private farms (OSAP 2243) will also have the possibility to fill in the questionnaire online between 15 and 31 May 2026. However, those who do not take advantage of this option will be contacted between 1 June and 15 July 2026 by enumerators with photo ID, who will fill in the questionnaire via personal interviews, on their tablet.

How can I make sure that I have been contacted by an enumerator indeed?

Enumerators are required to identify themselves before the interview by presenting their enumerator card and their ID card.

Whom can I ask?

HCSO will be running an Agrárium information centre between 12 May and 5 June 2026, where you can ask questions about Agrárium, 2026 and HCSO staff will help you fill in the questionnaire, too.

Telephone number: +36 80 442 040

You can send your question to the agrarstatisztika@ksh.hu e-mail address as well.

Why to fill in the questionnaire online?

Filling in the form online is easy and quick, in addition, 5 gift vouchers worth HUF 100,000 each will be allocated by a draw among those who fill in the form.

The non-key private farms that fill in the questionnaire online by 31 May will not be visited by an enumerator in the period between 1 June and 15 July.

What is the legal background of Agrárium 2026?

When will the first data be published?

The most important preliminary data will be published by HCSO on 31 August 2026. Data providers can indicate on the questionnaire if they wish to receive notification of the release of data and analyses.

To this, point 2.21 of HCSO’s General Data Processing Notice applies.

Where can I get more information on agricultural censuses?

For information on the agricultural censuses, farm structure surveys, plantation surveys and regular agricultural surveys carried out previously, please visit HCSO’s agricultural censuses page.