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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The increase in number of the postal and courier consignements continued

As a result of the growth in online shopping due to the Covid-19 pandemic the quantity of postal and courier consignments continued to grow in the 1st quarter of 2021. Within postal services the number of consignments posted domestically to in-country addresses increased by 31%, the lesser group, posted to foreign addresses grew by 17% compared to the 1st quarter of 2020. The number of consignments posted abroad to a domestic address was 22% more year-on-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 1 2021

In the first quarter of 2021, freight transport performance fell by 3.8% compared to a year earlier, mainly due to a decline in pipeline transport. Passenger traffic was more affected by the pandemic, with interurban transport decreasing by 53% and urban transport by 43% in performance. Air transport performance declined sharply by 96%. In the first quarter of 2021, 10% fewer cars were registered for the first time in the country than a year earlier.

In April, border crossing traffic was the highest since October 2020

In April, nearly 2 million people crossed Hungary's external Schengen border crossings, with the average daily passenger traffic (66,000) the highest since October 2020. This figure was more than four times higher than in April last year, when the border was also closed due to the epidemic, but only 43% of the figure for 2019.

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.