Information, communication

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 telephone.

The processes taken place in 2022 were mainly determined by the uncertain global environment due to the Russia-Ukraine war and the general and considerable price increases worldwide. Despite these challenges, the Hungarian economy's performance expanded by 4.6% year-on-year, above the EU average. Employment reached a new record high and average earnings rose significantly, but the impact of this was gradually eroded by surging inflation. Population decline continued at a lower pace than in the previous year.

Mobile network data traffic increases continuously, surpassing the previous year’s data in the 3rd quarter of 2021 by 35%. Optical network based internet subscriptions continued to increase in number, these represented more than one-third of the fixed line subscriptions in the 3rd quarter of 2021. The average length of calls initiated from mobile and fixed line networks lagged behind the peak values measured during the height of the pandemic, although surpassed the pre-pandemic values.

The the number of households with internet connection grew from 58% in 2010 to 88% by 2020. Surfing on the internet became a daily routine for most people: 79% of the population aged 16–74 surfed on a daily basis on the net in 2020, most people sought health related info, made phone calls or used the social media.