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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March saw a decline in daily passenger traffic at border crossings compared to previous months

On average, 56,000 people crossed Hungary's external Schengen borders every day in March, fewer than in the previous two months and December. Road passenger traffic remained essentially unchanged from same period last year. A robust border regime was in force throughout March this year and from the second half of March last year.

Browse our data on the coronavirus pandemic

It is particularly important to present, in addition to our regular and detailed publications, the current situation of the areas most affected by the pandemic with flash estimates using a limited information base. Our WEEKLY MONITOR presents the economic and social impacts of the pandemic through daily, weekly and monthly updated preliminary data as a collection of interactive diagrams.

Transport performances, Quarter 4 2020

In the fourth quarter of 2020, freight transport performance fell by 5.8% year-on-year, mainly due to a decline in road transport. Passenger traffic was even more affected by the pandemic: the performance of interurban transport decreased by 58% and that of local transport by 36%. Aviation saw the sharpest decline of 98%. In the fourth quarter of 2020, 15% fewer cars were registered for the first time in the country than a year earlier.

The increase in the number of postal and courier consignments continued

The quantity of the postal and courier consignments continued to grow in 2020, the significantly increasing online purchases, due to the coronavirus pandemic, contributed to the trend. The number of consignments posted inland from inland address increased by 36%, the smaller quantity of those shipped abroad grew by 12%. The number of consignments coming from abroad to a domestic address surpassed the 2019 data by 5.9%.

Hungary, 2020 Q3

In relation with the coronavirus pandemic the performance of the Hungarian economy decreased by 5.5% in the 1st – 3rd semesters of 2020, this result is replacing the 4-5% growths of the corresponding periods of the previous three years. During the same time the average GDP of the EU-27 states shrunk in a larger degree than the Hungarian one, by 7.0%. The population of Hungary decreased by 29 thousand people between January-October 2020 due to the natural decrease, this number is 5 thousand less year-on-year.

Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2019

The yearbook presents how demographic, socio-economic trends and environmental characteristics changed over time in Hungary. The main indicators are illustrated in time series or regional comparisons by charts and maps; the interactive versions of these are available on our website. Spatial disparities among counties and regions as well as international indicators are presented in separate chapters. The internet annex contains the publication in PDF format and all tables in Excel format.

Settlement and district related serial data for 2019 are already available

Data related on settlements and districts of Budapest in the Dissemination database are updated twice this year, as such part of the 2019 serial settlement and district data, among others about passenger car types, number of freight transport vehicles, postal service centres, number of settlements with mobile post services are available from 31 July, four months earlier than it was customary before.