Hungary Construction Output Growth Slows

2026-06-12 06:42 By Mariene Camarillo 1 min. read

Hungary’s construction output rose by 2.6% year-on-year in April 2026, easing from a 3.9% increase in the previous month.

Production in building constructions plunged 6.2% from a 4.4% gain, weighed down by a decline in building activity.

Among the divisions of construction, output in the construction of buildings was 11.6% lower than a year earlier, while output in civil engineering rose by 19.2%, and output in specialised construction activities, which have the largest weight within the construction sector, increased by 4.4%.

Meanwhile, output grew for civil engineering works, driven mainly by a 47.6% increase in the volume of road and railway construction, contributing almost 30 percentage points to the division’s performance.

For the January–April period, the total volume of construction output fell by 2.2% compared to the same period a year earlier.



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