Science & Technology in Hungary

126 indicators covering science & technology for Hungary.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants 4,567 2023 up 80.7% 27th
Research & development spending as a share of GDP 1.4% 2023 down 0.5% 34th
Medical technology availability 11.5 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2024 up 37.9% 30th
High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and NUTS 3 45.28 Number 2012 up 179.7% 19th
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a 87.0% 2024 up 20.3% 45th
Individuals who accessed the internet away from home or work 72.3% 2019 up 312.2% 27th
R&D personnel by sector of performance - Regions — Researchers 31,543 Persons 2023 up 97.0% 18th
Number of R&D researchers per million people 4,567 per million people 2023 up 80.7% 27th
Researchers (HC) - % Female 29.8% 2023 down 1.6% 92nd
GERD by sector of performance and fields of R&D 2,705 Million euro 2024 up 89.3% 30th
GERD by sector of performance and type of R&D 2,705 Million euro 2024 up 89.3% 30th
Electricity production capacities for combustible fuels by technology 1,317 Megawatt 2024 down 48.0% 23rd
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex 59,464 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 59.3% 26th
R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D 59,464 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 59.3% 26th
Technicians in R&D 770.31 per million people 2017 up 50.2% 22nd
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher 40.2% 2023 up 4.0% 68th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 38.2% 2023 down 8.3% 70th
Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, sex and 2,447 Thousand persons 2025 up 25.0% 20th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 18.7% 2023 up 4.3% 69th
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year 196.77 Number 2017 up 3.0% 36th
Researchers by sector of performance, age class and sex 67,009 Head count 2023 up 77.3% 27th
Researchers by sector of performance, country of citizenship and sex 67,009 Head count 2023 up 77.3% 27th
Researchers (FTE) - % Female 26.1% 2023 down 3.2% 68th
Individuals - internet use 92.8% 2025 up 27.4% 29th
Individuals - frequency of internet use 90.6% 2025 up 26.5% 34th
Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors 129 Number 2025 up 33.0% 24th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 39.3% 2023 up 3.7% 57th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 38.1% 2023 down 4.1% 52nd
Share of female researchers by sector of performance 29.8% 2023 down 1.6% 45th
Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies 2 patents 2022 down 60.0% 25th
Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies 3 patents 2023 down 50.0% 18th
Heat pumps - ambient heat captured by technology and climate 1,291 Gigawatt-hour 2024 up 2,692.7% 26th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 18.5% 2023 up 2.0% 49th
National public funding to transnationally coordinated R&D 44.95 Million euro 2024 up 453.9% 20th
Co-patenting at the EPO according to applicants'/inventors' country 70.83 Number 2013 down 10.9% 41st
Patents related to recycling and secondary raw materials 0 Number 2021 down 100.0% 37th
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by international 18.83 Number 2013 down 51.2% 41st
Internet access by NACE Rev. 2 activity 93.9% 2025 up 6.3% 43rd
High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year 42.63 Number 2013 up 60.2% 32nd
Type of connections to the internet by NACE Rev. 2 activity 84.4% 2025 down 3.2% 40th
Mobile broadband internet traffic 1.98 Exabyte 2025 up 3,559.3% 22nd
Broadband internet coverage by technology 62.4% 2025 down 31.0% 23rd
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by institutional 54.43 Number 2012 down 23.9% 31st
Triadic patent families by earliest priority year 7.15 Number 2012 down 73.3% 36th
Medical technology - historical data 94 Number 2020 up 28.8% 24th
Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 2.8% 2025 down 67.1% 8th
Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 9.6% 2025 down 60.8% 12th
Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 9.6% 2025 down 60.8% 12th
Patent cooperation treaty (PCT) applications designated to the EPO by 14.96 Number 2013 down 56.8% 40th
High-tech exports - Exports of high technology products as a share of 14.8% 2022 down 14.5% 9th
R&D personnel in ICT sector as % of total R&D personnel by NACE Rev. 0.9% 2023 up 45.9% 9th
Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications 37.0% 2016 down 22.4% 21st
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NACE Rev. 2 2.4 Number 2012 down 15.7% 29th
Internet purchases by individuals 54.8% 2025 up 11.2% 25th
Financial activities over the internet 22.2% 2025 up 211.8% 11th
Fixed broadband internet traffic 10.2 Exabyte 2025 up 466.9% 14th
Internet purchases by individuals 35.0% 2019 up 300.1% 30th
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year and other typologies 77.57 Number 2012 up 16.4% 20th
Internet purchases - goods or services 39.3% 2024 24th
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year, international patent 8.63 Number 2012 down 50.2% 24th