Budapest – HU110

EU regions: Hungary > Central Hungary > Budapest > Budapest

Indicator	Period	Value
Gross domestic product
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2023	168

More on wikipedia wikidata Q1781 on OpenStreetMap Budapest slovensky: HU110

Unemployment

Indicator	Period	Value
Unemployment according to labour offices
number of registered unemployed	March 2025	21 266
number of unemployed women	March 2025	11 767

Comparison of unemployment according to ILO methodology and registered unemployment yields some differences.

Data on unemployment in counties of Budapest are available at Local Administrative Units data of Visegrad countries.

Demographics

Indicator	Period	Value
Demographics
number of inhabitants	2024	1 686 222
population density	2023	3291.4
old-age dependency ratio	2024	31.4

From Wikipedia:

Budapest (, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbudɒpɛʃt]) is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits. The city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about 525 square kilometres (203 square miles). Budapest is both a city and county, and forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of 7,626 square kilometres (2,944 square miles) and a population of 3,303,786, comprising 33 % of the population of Hungary.

The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9^th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15^th century.

The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the region entered a new age of prosperity, with Pest-Buda becoming a global city after the unification of Buda, Óbuda, and Pest on 17 November 1873, with the name 'Budapest' given to the new capital. Budapest also became the co-capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a great power that dissolved in 1918, following World War I. The city was the focal point of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Battle of Budapest in 1945, and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

Budapest is a Beta + global city with strengths in commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. It is Hungary's financial centre and was ranked as the second fastest-developing urban economy in Europe. Budapest is the headquarters of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, the European Police College and the first foreign office of the China Investment Promotion Agency.

Other: Budapest, Budapest

Neighbours: Pest County

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Budapest – HU110, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PHU110, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164

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