Hungary Construction Output Falls to 7-Month Low

2026-09-14 06:50 By Mariene Camarillo 1 min. read

Hungary’s construction output plunged by 12.2% year-on-year in July 2026, following a 1.2% decline in the previous month.

This marked the third consecutive month of contraction and the sharpest decline since January, as both major construction groups recorded weaker activity.

Building construction fell further by 10.7%, compared with a 5.5% decline in June.

Meanwhile, civil engineering output dropped 14.0%, reversing a 5.6% increase in the previous month.

The decline was largely driven by a 26.2% reduction in road and railway construction and a 52.2% fall in utility projects, which had respective negative contributions of 14.5 and 19.5 percentage points to the division’s overall performance.

On a seasonally and working-day adjusted monthly basis, construction activity decreased by 4.6%, following a downwardly revised 4.0% decline in the preceding month.

In the January–July period, total construction output fell by 2.7% compared with the same period a year earlier.



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