Justice

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. Within the number of employees, this year's pocketbook also includes employed persons working less than 60 hours, and the gross revenues at tourist accommodation establishments.

The yearbook provides an overview of Hungary's demographic, social and economic processes, environmental characteristics and their changes over time, with the help of tens of thousands of data of 500 tables, graphs and maps. Innovatively, the Tourism, catering chapter in the volume includes the gross receipts of tourist accommodation establishments by type of accommodation. Another change is that this year the Regional data chapter already presents territorial data by tourism area, giving greater emphasis to tourist destinations.

The National Judiciary Council (NJC) declared 15 July the Courts’ Day in Hungary in 2000. Cases received by the Courts of Justice reached 1.2 million in 2023, within it 243 thousand litigations. The former was 2.3% higher, the latter was 1.8% over the one year earlier level. The number of preliminary decision cases brought to the Court of Justice of the European Union by the Courts of Hungary decreased compared to 2022.

38.8 thousand crimes were registered in the second quarter of 2022, which is 5.7% more than a year earlier. The number of perpetrations increased (by 8.9%), but the number of victimisation decreased slightly (by 0.5%) compared to the same period last year. The number of crimes increased in the capital and 11 counties and decreased in 8 counties. The largest increase was in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county (28%) and the largest decrease in Csongrád-Csanád county (31%).