Press release, 09.06.2026.

Significantly Reduced Reporting Burden for Data Providers

Less administrative work, a lighter reporting burden for data providers, and statistical data available more rapidly – these are the key outcomes of the recent development efforts of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO). Owing to the streamlining of data collections, the reporting burden of enterprises fell by 7.6%, while the number of working hours institutions devoted to statistical obligations decreased by 8.3% in 2025 compared with the previous year.

Reducing the administrative burden on enterprises and institutions is a strategic priority for the HCSO. For years, the Office has been working consistently to obtain the information required for producing official statistics with the lowest possible effort on the part of data providers. To this end, the HCSO continuously reviews its data collections, simplifies questionnaires, and narrows the circle of respondents wherever possible. It also makes increasingly extensive use of administrative data held by other institutions. These efforts have produced tangible relief in day-to-day operations: the time saved can be redirected by the affected organisations to their core activities, client services, development work or other tasks.

The favourable results were strongly supported by the comprehensive renewal of statistics on external trade in goods. The development programme, launched in 2022 and completed in early 2025, introduced a modern methodology that is exemplary even in international comparison. The new procedure improves data quality, accelerates processing, and—through the integration of administrative sources—drastically reduces the workload placed on data providers. Since the start of the programme, more than 3,000 enterprises have been exempted from reporting on external trade in goods.

The reduction of burdens was further aided by the discontinuation, in 2025, of three reporting obligations previously included in the National Statistical Data Collection Programme (OSAP). The HCSO will continue to simplify data collections, expand the use of administrative data sources, and regularly review the tasks imposed on data providers. The objective remains unchanged: to ensure high-quality statistical data while imposing the lowest possible administrative burden on enterprises and institutions.

Hungarian Central Statistical Office
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Postal address: H-1525 Budapest, P.O.Box 51
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