Infrastructure — Hungary
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Hungary: 41
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Transportation
- Airports - total
41
- Airports with Paved Runways
20
- Heliports
3
- Railways
5,006 Miles 8,057 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
124,005 Miles 199,567 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
47,271 Miles 76,075 Kilometers
- Waterways
1,008 Miles 1,622 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Budapest, Dunaujvaros, Gyor-Gonyu, Csepel, Baja, Mohacs
Communications
- Telephones
3,069,000
- Cell Phones
11,030,000
- Internet Users
4,200,000
- Internet Country Code
.hu
- Internet Hosts
2,665,000
- Broadcast Media
- Mixed system of state-supported public service broadcast media and private broadcasters
- the 3 publicly owned TV channels and the 2 main privately owned TV stations are the major national broadcasters
- a large number of special interest channels
- highly developed market for satellite and cable TV services with about two-thirds of viewers utilizing their services
- 3 state-supported public-service radio networks and 2 major national commercial stations
- a large number of local stations including commercial, public service, nonprofit, and community radio stations
- digital transition postponed to the end of 2014
- Telephone System
- General assessment: The telephone system has been modernized; the system is digital and highly automated; trunk services are carried by fiber-optic cable and digital microwave radio relay; a program for fibe
- r-optic subscriber connections was initiated in 1996 Domestic: Competition among mobile-cellular service providers has led to a sharp increase in the use of mobile-cellular phones since 2000 and a d
- ecrease in the number of fixed-line connections International: Country code - 36; Hungary has fiber-optic cable connections with all neighboring countries; the international switch is in Budapest; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean regions), 1 Inmarsat, 1 very small aperture terminal (VSAT) system of ground terminals
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
42,700,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
4,703,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
9,879,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
37,550,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
11,900,000,000
- Natural Gas Exports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
2,837,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
10,180,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
2,462,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
8,098,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
141,100
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
114,800
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
43,920
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
27,320,000
