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The tables and charts in the latest edition of the Statistical Pocketbook of Hungary provide a comprehensive insight into the development of social and economic trends in Hungary during the year 2024. It aims to provide a summary picture of the country's situation in all possible areas based on preliminary indicators. In this year’s pocketbook, alongside the NACE Rev.2 classification, we also publish the number of business units according to the new NACE Rev.2.1 structure, as well as foreign trade data compiled under the new methodology.

Hungary’s population on 1 January 2024 was 9 million 585 thousand people, with nearly 18% living in the capital city, almost 53% in towns, and 30% in villages. In 2023, Hungary’s trade surplus in goods reached its highest level since 2016 (9.0 billion euros), while the surplus in services also rose to a record high (11.0 billion euros). Both the production volume and average yield of the major arable crops increased; the production of barley reached an unprecedented level of 2.2 million tonnes.

The volume of investments was 0.5% lower, according to raw data, in the 1st quarter of 2026 than in the same period of the previous year. Compared with the previous quarter, the total value of investments – according to seasonally adjusted data – lessened by 0.4% at comparative prices.

The Economic Environment chapter of the TÉR-KÉP (Map-Snap), 2024 publication presents, starting from the territorial differences of GDP per capita the regional changes of the main economic indicators, such as the spatiality of investments and R&D, the survival potential and digitalisation level of enterprises. Budapest and Pest county used, within Hungary, 37% of the investment sources, the national average of the developments within economic organisations per capita was 1.3 million HUF. The complete publication is available in Hungarian at: TÉR-KÉP, 2024

The performance of Hungary’s economy surpassed the previous year’s level by 0.3% in the 1st-3rd quarters of 2025. The increasing performance of the services sector and construction as well as growing consumption had a positive impact on GDP. These impacts however have been subdued by the setback of the industry and agriculture, the continuously subdued investment activity. Retail trade volume continued to rise, foreign demand at accommodation establishments increased, too.

The yearbook provides an overview of Hungary's demographic, social and economic trends, environmental characteristics and their changes over time, with the help of tens of thousands of data in some 500 tables, charts and maps. In the chapter devoted to earnings and incomes, it is a novelty compared to previous years that net earnings in which allowances and types of exemptions are accounted for, too, came into focus from 2019. In the number of employees, people working in working time shorter than 60 working hours per month are also taken into account. In addition, the theme of environment is completed with areas declared world heritage sites by UNESCO.

Hungary’s GDP increased by 0.5% amid global challenges in 2024. The performance of goods-producing industries lessened, while that of service-providing ones rose, which shows the duality of economic trends. Household consumption picked up, which was considerably encouraged by the purchasing power of earnings growing again with the inflationary wave calming down. Besides, the data series reveal that the level of employment reached another peak.

The volume of national investments lagged behind year-on-year by 14% in 2024. Construction investments lessened by 15%, those in machinery and equipment by 13%. The manufacturing, real estate activities as well as the transportation and storage sections contributed by 4.7, 2.7 and 2.5 percentage points to the volume decrease of the national economy’s investments. At the same time administration toned the setback down by 1.4 percentage points, the energy industry by 0.4 percentage points.