Industrial producer prices 2.9% lower on average in January 2026 than a year earlier and 0.9% higher compared to previous month
Industrial producer prices were 2.9% lower on average in January 2026 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices were cut by 2.8% and non-domestic ones by 2.9% compared to January in the previous year. Compared to the previous month, domestic output prices were unchanged and non-domestic output prices rose by 1.4%, so industrial producer prices as a whole were 0.9% higher.
In January 2026 compared to January 2025:
Domestic output prices decreased by 2.8% on average, within which they lessened by 3.2% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 67.6%, and by 2.2% in the energy industry (electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), with a weight of 30.0%.
Prices in Hungary diminished by 4.0% in energy and intermediate producer branches together and by 1.4% in capital goods producer branches and rose by 1.2% in consumer goods producer branches out of the end-use groups of the producer branches of industry.
Industrial non-domestic output prices were reduced by 2.9%, within which by 3.4% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 90.1%, and by 1.7% in the energy industry, with a weight of 9.7%.
Industrial price indices
(same period of previous year = 100.0%)
(%)
| Year, month | Domestic output | Non-domestic output | Producer price index, total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 January | 106.1 | 110.6 | 109.1 |
| February | 105.4 | 109.6 | 108.2 |
| March | 104.7 | 108.6 | 107.3 |
| April | 103.9 | 109.9 | 107.9 |
| May | 103.9 | 108.3 | 106.9 |
| June | 103.3 | 106.0 | 105.1 |
| July | 101.6 | 105.9 | 104.5 |
| August | 100.9 | 103.0 | 102.3 |
| September | 100.5 | 103.3 | 102.4 |
| October | 100.9 | 102.2 | 101.8 |
| November | 98.2 | 96.9 | 97.3 |
| December | 98.1 | 95.9 | 96.6 |
| 2026 January | 97.2 | 97.1 | 97.1 |