Population
9,730,000 (2021)
Official language
Hungarian
Currency
Hungarian forint (Ft)
Capital
Budapest
Time Zone
UTC+1 (CET); Summer UTC+2 (CEST)
Dialling Code
+36
Area (sq. miles)
35,920
GDP
$359,901 bn (PPP)
5% for books and 27% eBooks
No
Hungarian Publishers’ and Booksellers’ Association (MKKE)
Alliance of Hungarian Libraries and Information Institutes (IKSZ)
Market report Hungary (PA, 2007) [link to download/view]
Book market statistics (PA, 2017) [link to download/view]
Budapest International Book Festival held over 4 days in April.
Hungarian Books and Translations Office provides grants for translation costs for foreign language publishing of Hungarian authors’ works.
Contact: applications@pim.hu
Useful Contacts
Email: information@britishcouncil.hu
Tel: +36 1 483 2020 or 2030
Email: Commercial.Budapest@fco.gov.uk
Tel: +36 (1) 266 2888