Hungary (2025)
6.3
% of total employment
-0.4pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.4pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
18
years of data

Data

Hungary Employment in Technology and Knowledge-Intensive Sectors (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year % of total employment YoY Change
2025 6.3 -0.4pp
2024 6.7 +0.5pp
2023 6.2 -0.2pp
2022 6.4 unchanged
2021 6.4 +0.3pp
2020 6.1 +0.4pp
2019 5.7 +0.5pp
2018 5.2 +0.4pp
2017 4.8 -0.3pp
2016 5.1 +0.4pp
2015 4.7 unchanged
2014 4.7 -0.6pp
2013 5.3 +0.1pp
2012 5.2 -0.1pp
2011 5.3 +0.3pp
2010 5 +0.3pp
2009 4.7 -0.3pp
2008 5 n/a

About this Dataset

Hungary recorded 6.3 % of total employment in 2025. The latest change was -0.4pp. Across 2008–2025 the series ranges from 4.7 in 2015 to 6.7 in 2024.

This page tracks employment in high-technology and knowledge-intensive sectors as a share of total employment in Hungary from 2008 to present. This is the broadest measure of a knowledge economy.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks employment in high-technology and knowledge-intensive sectors as a share of total employment in Hungary from 2008 to present. This is the broadest measure of a knowledge economy. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2008–2025 (18 observations).

The series peaked at 6.7 % of total employment in 2024 and reached its lowest recorded value of 4.7 in 2015. The latest reading of 6.3 in 2025 represents a change of -0.4pp.