Economy

Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 789,200 and average net earnings reached HUF 548,900 in December 2025. Average gross earnings grew by 8.5%, net average earnings increased by 9.8% and real earnings were 6.3% higher than a year earlier. The increase in net ...

Construction output volume, based on raw data surpassed the one year earlier level by 8.9%, according to calendar-adjusted data by 6.5% in December 2025. Among the main construction groups the construction of buildings grew by 8.4%, that of civil engineering by 10.5%. Based on ...

The volume of industrial production exceeded the one year earlier level by 1.8%, while based on working-day adjusted data declined by 1.0% in December 2025. A production increase occurred in the majority of the manufacturing subsections. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data industrial ...

Consumer prices were 2.1% higher on average in January 2026 than a year earlier. Over one month, consumer prices rose by 0.3% on average.

The volume of industrial production exceeded the one year earlier level by 1.8%, while based on working-day adjusted data it declined year-on-year by 1.0% in December 2025. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data, industrial output was 0.9% higher than in November 2025. The ...

In December 2025, the volume of retail trade was 4.0% higher according to raw data, or 3.5% higher in calendar adjusted terms, than in the same month of the previous year. Compared to the same period of the previous year, calendar-adjusted sale volumes expanded ...

The volume of Hungary’s gross domestic product was 0.7% higher according to raw data and 0.5% higher according to seasonally and calendar adjusted and reconciled data in the 4th quarter of 2025 than in the corresponding period of the previous year.

The surplus was EUR 333 million, the balance decreased by EUR 28 million, year-on-year. The volume of export increased by 3.8% compared to the same period of the previous year, that of import grew by 7.9%. The seasonally and working-day adjusted volume of export ...

Industrial producer prices were 3.4% lower on average in December 2025 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices were cut by 1.9% and non-domestic ones by 4.1% compared to December in the previous year. Compared to the November level, domestic output prices lessened by ...

In December 2025, 1.4 million guests spent 3.2 million tourism nights at tourist (commercial, private and other) accommodation establishments. Tourist arrivals were up by 12% and tourism nights by 9.2% in number compared to a year earlier.