Culture
Culture contributes to the competitiveness of the society by strengthening the foundations of a knowledge-based society, in which the development of public culture and community development also play an important role. Cultural statistics includes the measurement of areas dealing with the cultural activities of society (e.g. theatre, cinema, museum, library, mass media, book production, etc.), the communication of data on cultural spending and funding.
Key figures
Budgetary expenditure on culture as a percentage of GDP
Indicator description
These expenditures include the ones on books, music and journal publishing, radio, television broadcasting, cultural activities, artistic activities, zoological and botanical gardens, national parks, historic landmarks, as well as other entertainment and cultural activities.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2021
Number of theatre visits per thousand inhabitants
Indicator description
Number of theatre visits per thousand inhabitants. When determining the number of theatre visits, every visitor is taken into account as many times as many performances he/she attended. The indicator meaures the number of thetre visits per thousand inhabitants.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2022
Number of museum visits per thousand inhabitants
Indicator description
When determining the number of museum visits, every visitor is taken into account as many times as many exhibitions he/she attended.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2022
Number of published books, booklets
Indicator description
Published book: a work prepared by printing or other means of reproduction having min. 49 pages, which is included in the National Bibliographies and made available to the public. Published booklet: a work prepared by printing or other means of reproduction having 4–48 pages, which is not published periodically and is made available to the public. Re-prints of a book are considered as separate publications.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2022
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The Weekly Monitor has been renewed
The HCSO Weekly Monitor is replaced by the HCSO Monitor starting 11 October 2023. The interactive collection of figures, available on the HCSO website, continues to inform about the latest domestic and international social and economic trends, at the same time figures of First Releases have been added to the subjects, as such the content of its categories changed to a certain extent.
The figures of the HCSO Monitor may be downloaded, as before, in image and data formats (PNG, SVG and CSV).
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The figures of the HCSO Monitor may be downloaded, as before, in image and data formats (PNG, SVG and CSV).
Feel free to browse the latest data of the HCSO!
Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2022
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.
Settlement and district related data regarding 2022 are presented here
Datasets from the Dissemination Database regarding settlements and Budapest’s districts have been updated with 2022 data, as such settlement and district related data for 2022 are available since 31 August, concerning, among others, data on cinemas.
Statistical Pocketbook of Hungary, 2022
Despite the adverse economic effects, GDP volume in 2022 was 4.6% higher than a year earlier, while the employment rate expanded to 74.4%. Fewer deaths followed the end of the pandemic, but the birth rate also fell compared to 2021. In addition to the above data, the tables and graphs in the latest edition of the Statistical Pocketbook of Hungary, published every spring, provide a comprehensive insight into the evolution of social and economic trends in Hungary in 2022.
Related themes
Methodological information
Publications |
Released |
|---|---|
| Hungary, 1st semester of 2023 – disinflation started | 19/10/2023 |
| Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2022 | 23/11/2023 |
| Hungary, 2023 Q1 | 30/08/2023 |
| Statistical Pocketbook of Hungary, 2022 | 14/06/2023 |
| Hungary, 2022 | 28/06/2023 |
| Hungary in figures, 2022 | 11/07/2023 |
| Hungary, Quarter 3 2022 | 06/02/2023 |
| Regional Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2021 | 10/01/2023 |
Dissemination database ( infra-annual data annual data ) |
Latest update | Next update |
|---|---|---|
Radio and TV broadcasters | ||
| Broadcasting time in hour | 08/09/2023 | – |
| Broadcasting by languages | 08/09/2023 | – |
| Programme service | 08/09/2023 | – |
Book production | ||
| Juvenile and children's literary | 21/04/2023 | – |
| Books and booklets by published language | 21/04/2023 | – |
| Books and booklets by nationality of author | 21/04/2023 | – |
| Number of books and booklets by number of copies | 21/04/2023 | – |
| Books and booklets by subject | 21/04/2023 | – |
| Literary works by genre | 21/04/2023 | – |
| Types of publication | 21/04/2023 | – |
| Schoolbooks by educational level | 21/04/2023 | – |
Cinema, films | ||
| Feature-length films | 25/10/2023 | – |
| Traffic data of cinemas | 25/10/2023 | – |
| Number of screens in cinemas | 25/10/2023 | – |
Data visualisations
