Regional statistics offers data relating to units of area, settlements, about economic, social and environmental phenomena, processes, respectively contributes to regional impoundment. The goal of regional statistics is to provide reference, information for users by making public regionally detailed data originating from the HCSO data collection system, as well as data and information taken over from external bodies. It incorporates detailed and comprehensive statistics about the situation and development of regions, counties, districts, settlements and units of area outside administrative boundaries (e.g. in-settlements georeferenced data).
Key figures
Natural decrease per one thousand inhabitants
Indicator description
Difference between live-births and mortality per one thousand inhabitants by counties.
Unemployment rate indicates the proportion of unemployed people as a percentage of the number of 15-74 year-old, economically active population by counties.
Many of our locality names refer to our history and our national and cultural identity. These also include the ones containing the word ‘karácsony’ (‘Christmas’). At present, two villages – Nagykarácsony in Fejér County and Mikekarácsonyfa in Zala County – and three outer settlement parts in Hungary bear one of the most important Christian holidays in their name.
Territorial comparison is in the focus of the publication, sums up main demographic, social and economic indices of counties and regions, and presents certain data of EU regions as well presenting them through tables 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. Our publication comes with an online annex, displaying tables, graphs and maps.
The latest issue of the scientific journal features studies on the following topics: the spatial variation in the determinants of human capital concentration in Tunisian local labour markets; the spread of Covid-19 based on internet search data at Hungary’s NUTS 2 level; technological capabilities and economic growth in the V4 countries; the relationship between attitudes regarding AI and material deprivation in Hungary; economic performance and energy management; asymmetries in retail fuel prices in the EU; interstate sugar price relationships between Florida, Texas, and Louisiana; urban–rural population trends in Europe.
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.
A new sub-page has been added to the HCSO website, more than 400 yearbooks, pocketbooks and data collections, a total of a hundred thousand pdf format pages close to 150 thousand excel tables and several thousand static and interactive graphs and maps are available for download. The sub-page offers the possibility of filtering these yearbooks, pocketbooks and data collections by reference year, serial name, format (PDF, XLS) and supplements (graphs, maps). Users may compile their own list of publications based on the year- and pocketbooks, data collections, adequate to their interests.
King Leopold I gave Debrecen free royal town status in a patent dated 11 April 1693, in commemoration of this event the city is celebrating since 1998 its day on 11 April. Debrecen was the capital of the country twice, since the mid-1980s it is the second most populous city of Hungary (preceding Miskolc). It is a significant economic and educational-cultural centre. The city is the first in the rank of county seats considering the number of registered enterprises, and the University of Debrecen hosts, among the tertiary educational institutions of Hungary, the most foreign students.
A stage performance is not only entertainment but also the guardian and mediator of the cultural values and identity of a community, region or nation. In Hungary, the overall attendance at the 240 national theatres rose to 6.9 million in 2023 (by 10%). Similar to the previous year, 1.6 million people attended the performances of the 11 nationally accredited theatre arts organisations, with the National Circus Arts Centre, the Hungarian State Opera House and the Budapest Operetta Theatre attracting the highest attendance (together almost 900,000 visitors).
Hungarian enterprises are characterised by strong concentration, the 5 enterprises with the highest turnover generated more than ten percent (10,1%) of total turnover in 2023. The ten largest weight representing divisions, all of these representing industrial, construction or trade activities, realised 58% of total sales revenue. The share of foreign-controlled enterprises in the turnover of the leading economic divisions was 52%, with German and Austrian companies’ dominance and an increasing Asian presence.
The star rating system, published by the Michelin Guide in 1936, is one of the most prestigious gastronomic awards in the world. In 2024, France and Tokyo had the highest number of Michelin-starred restaurants among countries and cities respectively. The first Hungarian restaurant to receive a Michelin star was in 2010, and the list has been expanded to include restaurants in Budapest and in rural areas. In addition, some domestic restaurants have been awarded Green Star status in recent years.
With the Census Maps application you can create thematic maps for different territorial levels of Hungary (region, county, district, municipality). A number of setting and filtering options are available for displaying demographic, education, economic activity, ethnicity, religion, housing and other data from the 2022 and 2011 Censuses, and for selecting the territorial units. The maps and data produced can be downloaded and interpreted using methodological information.
It collects the main numerical information on all settlements in Hungary from the aspect of settlement statistics, in time series and categorised by group of themes.
It presents administrative and statistical territorial units, the results of categorisations and delimitations, as well as smaller territorial units. Moreover, it provides an outlook on the territorial classification of the European Union, the NUTS system.
It is a repository of the administrative classification of settlements and of changes in regional structuring, including basic data on localities, major census data, and the characteristics of parts of settlements by postal code and by character of settlement.
With TIMEA application, thematic maps can be made for different territorial levels in Hungary. Many setting and filtering options help visualise statistical data. The data are available and downloadable going back for several years, and a methodology helps interpret them.
This Hungarian-language publication informs quarterly on the socio-economic situation of the capital city as well as the 19 counties. With its maps, charts, analyses and tables, it provides an opportunity to review the different themes and also to compare them by county.
