Industrial producer prices 3.3% lower on average in February 2026 than a year earlier and 0.8% lower compared to previous month
Industrial producer prices were 3.3% lower on average in February 2026 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices lessened by 3.1% and non-domestic ones by 3.3% compared to February 2025. Compared to the previous month, domestic output prices were 0.3% and non-domestic output prices 1.0%, so industrial producer prices as a whole 0.8% lower.
In February 2026 compared to February 2025:
Domestic output prices decreased by 3.1% on average, within which they lessened by 2.7% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 67.6%, and by 4.3% in the energy industry (electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), with a weight of 30.0%.
Prices in Hungary diminished by 4.5% in energy and intermediate producer branches together and by 0.3% in capital goods producer branches and rose by 0.8% 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 3.3%, within which by 3.3% in manufacturing, representing a weight of 90.1%, and by 7.4% in the energy industry, with a weight of 9.7%.
In January–February 2026 compared to January–February 2025:
Domestic output prices were 2.9% and non-domestic output prices 3.1% lower, so industrial producer prices as a whole were down by 3.1%.
Industrial price indices
(same period of previous year = 100.0%)
(%)
| Year, month | Domestic output | Non-domestic output | Producer price index, total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 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 |
| February | 96.9 | 96.7 | 96.7 |