Hungary

Information

Capital Budapest
Currency Forint (HUF)
Government Parliamentary Republic
Area/ Size 93,028 sq km
Population 9,850,845 (July 2017 est.)
Language Hungarian (official) 99.6%, English 16%, German 11.2%, Russian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, French 1.2%, other 4.2%
Religion Roman Catholic 37.2%, Calvinist 11.6%, Lutheran 2.2%, Greek Catholic 1.8%, other 1.9%, none 18.2%, unspecified 27.2% (2011 est.)
Climate Temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers
Industry Industries: mining, metallurgy, construction materials, processed foods, textiles, chemicals (especially pharmaceuticals), motor vehicles

Industrial production growth rate: 5.5% (2017 est.)

Exports – commodities: machinery and equipment (55.8%), other manufactures (32.7%), food products (6.8%), raw materials (2.4%), fuels and electricity (2.3%) (2017 est.)

Exports – partners: Germany 27.7%, Romania 5.4%, Italy 5.1%, Austria 5%, Slovakia 4.8%, France 4.4%, Czech Republic 4.4%, Poland 4.3% (2017)

Transport Airports: 41 (2013)

Pipelines: gas (high-pressure transmission system) 5,874 km; gas (low-pressure distribution network) 83,732 km; oil 850 km; refined products 1,200 km (2016)

Railways: total: 8,049 km

Roadways: total: 203,601 km; paved: 77,087 km

Waterways: 1,622 km (most on Danube River) (2011)

Economy GDP (PPP): $308 billion (2018 est.)

GDP – composition, by sector of origin:

agriculture: 4.4%

industry: 30.9%

services: 64.7% (2017 est.)

Other Facts Electricity – from fossil fuels: 64.5% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)

Electricity – from nuclear fuels: 22.3% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)

Internet users: total: 7,826,695; percent of population: 79.3% (July 2016 est.)