HUNGARY

Capital Budapest
Area (km2) 93 030
Total population (thousands, 2023) 9 592
Population density (per km2) 103
National currency Hungarian forint (HUF)
National statistical office www.ksh.hu
Hungarian Central Statistical Office
Women in the labour force, 2024
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 16%
   hourly wage, 2023 18%
Women in part-time employment, 2024
   percentage of employed women 7%
Female tertiary students, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 54%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 35%
Women researchers, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 29%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 79.9
   males, years 73.4
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 18.6
   males, years 14.6
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.6
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 16.4
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 28.8
 
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-2.0
2.4
1.6
0.7
0.0
0.4
Unemployment rate
 (%)
4.1
4.0
3.6
4.1
4.5
..
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
12.9
13.6
10.6
12.8
15.2
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2024 455 138
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 47 598
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 75.4
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 71.1
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 34 396
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   HUF per USD, US=1, 2024 178.952
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 23
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 38

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2024 7 437
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2024 1 897
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 1 954
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 49
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2024 15 006
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 10 397
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2012 51 793
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 34 231