Hungary Industry Reports

The ICT sector accounted for more than 5% of the Hungarian GDP in 2016, compared with 5.3% in 2008. Sales resulting from the provision of Internet access (including mobile Internet) amounted to HUF 195bn in 2016, up 5.5% y/y as well. Sales revenues ...

The Hungarian financial sector has significant potential for catching up with regional and EU development levels. The total loan-to-GDP ratio of credit institutions amounted to 50.9% in 2015. The financial sector (banking and insurance) generated 2 ...

The Hungarian insurance sector is split evenly between the life and non-life segments. Unlike the European life insurance market, the Hungarian life segment is dominated by unit-linked products that are linked to investment schemes. In 2016, the ...

The metal processing sector is a key supplier for the automotive sector and the construction sector, which have been among the fastest-growing sectors in Hungary in the last five years. The total output of the metal processing sector stood at HUF 1 ...

In 2015, the total Hungarian healthcare expenditure amounted to HUF 2,373.4bn, or 7.04% of GDP. Public financing schemes made up 67.1% of the healthcare spending. By regional standards, the Hungarian health spending as a percentage of GDP is high, ...

Hungary’s mining and quarrying sector accounted for less than 1% of GDP in 2015. The output of the sector fell by 11.8% y/y in 2015 and the downward trend continued in the first seven months of 2016 with a decline of 27.6% y/y. The decrease was ...

The automotive industry has been by far the most dynamically growing sector in Hungary since the end of the economic crisis of 2008-2009. Motor vehicle production grew by a spectacular CAGR of 18.6% in the period 2010-2015, reaching a record high 495 ...

The Hungarian electric power market is middle-sized compared to other European markets. The electric power sector is mature, meaning that all major power stations and the transmission network have been built and that electricity supply is stable. ...

The Hungarian agricultural sector is relatively small, accounting in 2015 for only 1.9% of the agricultural output of the European Union. The country was the sixth largest producer of industrial crops in the EU that year. The sector contributed ...