Transport

Transport statistics is about performances related to forwarding goods and the spatial movement of persons. Statistics on the movement of people have two main areas: interurban passenger transport (public transport between two settlements) and local passenger transport (public transport within a settlement). It also monitors the transport infrastructure involving rolling stock (e.g. number of passenger cars, buses) and built infrastructure (e.g. length of motorways, railway lines). Accident statistics take into account accidents in the country, with a special focus on road traffic accidents causing personal injury.

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It is exceptionally important to us to provide more up-to-date information on the social and economic developments in our country, in addition to our regular and detailed publications.
Our WEEKLY MONITOR provides insights into trends in key areas through weekly, monthly and quarterly data from our interactive chart collection.
Most WEEKLY MONITOR charts can also be downloaded in image and data formats (PNG, SVG and CSV).

Hungary, 2022 Q2

The economic performance of Hungary surpassed in the 1st semester of 2022 the one year earlier level by 7.3%. Consumer prices year-on-year increase in the first seven months was 10%, producer prices, characteristically, grew at a several times faster pace. Compared to the high base caused by the pandemic, the number of deaths decreased by 14%, the natural decrease of the population in January-June 2022 amounted to 27 thousand people, 26% fewer year-on-year.

Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2021

The approximately 500 tables, graphs and maps and tens of thousands of data the Statistical Yearbook of Hungary contains give, for almost one and a half century, an overview of the social and economic processes of the country in the given year. Besides paying attention to the ever changing socio-economic environment and user demands we always strive to share new information: the health chapter broadened this year with indices regarding outpatient care, time series of healthcare expenses, life expectancy in good health and the number of Covid19 infected people.

Transport performances, Quarter 2 2022

Interurban passenger transport performance in Hungary grew strongly in Q2 2022 compared to the low base of the previous year. Freight transport performance, on the other hand, declined, but both were below their pre-pandemic levels. Although international passenger numbers and performance were up sharply compared to a year earlier, they were still just over half of those in Q2 2019. The number of first-time car registrations was 3.3% lower than a year earlier, totalling 62,000.

Road traffic accidents involving personal injury, 2nd quarter 2022

In the 2nd quarter of 2022, when vehicle traffic rose by 11%, there were 8.6% more, a total of 4,057 road traffic accidents involving personal injury, compared to the same period of the previous year. Looking back to the same period of the previous three years, we can see this was the highest number of cases, while it was lower than the figure in the 2nd quarter of 2019. A total of 5,451 persons got injured, and 129 persons of them died. The number of drunk-driving accidents fell by 3.3%.

Settlement and district related data regarding 2021 are presented here

Datasets from the Dissemination Database regarding settlements and Budapest’s districts have been updated with 2021 data, as such settlement and district related data for 2021 are available since 31 August, concerning, among others, data on motor vehicles for passenger transport and lorries registered for the first time in Hungary and post.

Hungary in Figures, 2020

Our publication, also highlighting the main effects of the pandemic, gives an overview of the social and economic trends in Hungary in 2020, including a 5% drop in GDP, putting us in the middle of the EU ranking, taking into use 28,000 new homes, the highest number since 2009, a nearly threefold increase in the share of people working remotely or from home as compared to the average for the past 10 years, a 42% increase in the value of mail order and internet retailing, and fewer accidents on the roads.

August traffic at border crossing points more than doubled compared to last year

More people crossed Hungary's external Schengen border crossings (Croatian, Serbian, Romanian, Ukrainian) in August than in the previous month. The nearly 7.6 million people crossed in August was more than double the number in August 2020, but still 19% down on August 2019.

Continued increase in the number of postal and courier items

In 2020, the surge in online purchases due to the Covid19 pandemic led to a significant increase in postal and courier mail volumes compared to 2019. In early 2021, the upward trend continued, with the number of items picked up and delivered to a domestic address by postal services in Q2 2020 exceeding the high base of Q2 2020 by 3.7% and being more than one and a half times higher than in Q2 2019 without the pandemic.