Industry

Statistics on industry comprises three sections (mining and quarrying, manufacturing, energy industry). Extraction of natural minerals, transformation of basic materials and products into new products, electricity, gas, steam, hot water supply are defined as industrial activities. Beside industry significantly influencing economic performance, the division group also has an important role in employment. Industrial statistics offers information – beside production data – about sales directions (domestic and export sales) as well as about orders relating to industrial products and services and their change over time.

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Industrial production increased by 3.6%, Industry, March 2022 (second estimate)

In March 2022 the volume of industrial production grew by 3.6% year-on-year. Based on working-day adjusted data production rose by 4.2%. In a yearly comparison increases were measured in the majority of the manufacturing subsections, but the manufacture of transport equipment, representing the largest weight, - due to semiconductor shortages and other material supply problems - dropped considerably. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data industrial output was 0.1% lower than in February 2022.

Hungary, 2021 Q3

The performance of the Hungarian economy in the 1st – 3 rd quarters of 2021 surpassed the pandemic related low base of the previous year by 7.1%. Compared with the same period of 2020 consumer prices’ increase was 4.6% in the first ten months of the year, the majority of producer prices grew in an even more significant pace. Due to the growing death numbers, the January – September natural decrease of the population reached 42 thousand, surpassing the data of the previous year by 67%.

Hungary in Figures, 2020

Our publication, also highlighting the main effects of the pandemic, gives an overview of the social and economic trends in Hungary in 2020, including a 5% drop in GDP, putting us in the middle of the EU ranking, taking into use 28,000 new homes, the highest number since 2009, a nearly threefold increase in the share of people working remotely or from home as compared to the average for the past 10 years, a 42% increase in the value of mail order and internet retailing, and fewer accidents on the roads.

Statistical Pocketbook of Hungary, 2020

The Covid19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the socio-economic developments in Hungary in 2020. The latest pocketbook shows, for example, that compared to the previous year, the output of the national economy decreased by 5%, the number of private enterprises temporarily ceasing their activities increased to 103,000, more people teleworked than before, there were fewer traffic accidents, more mail and courier deliveries were sent, and fewer but longer phone calls were made.