Hungary Business Confidence

How optimistic firms are about the months ahead.

99.4

+0.1 pts vs Aug 2026

Sep 2026 · Monthly data

Seasonally adjusted

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Business Confidence

Jan 1996 to Sep 2026

Source: OECD · Business Confidence Indicator (BCICP), amplitude-adjusted, long-term average = 100.

Hungary Business Confidence in context

Worked out from the published series shown above.

In Hungary, the business confidence rose by 1.1 pts over the year to Sep 2026, from 98.3 in Sep 2025.

It is the highest reading since Jan 2023.

Over the past five years it has ranged from 97.3 in Dec 2024 to 103.2 in Nov 2021.

Its average since Jan 1996 is 100.0, and the latest reading is below that.

Hungary is 25th of 37 countries in our Business Confidence by Country ranking.

How this series is defined

Everything you need to check the figure against the source.

Source
OECD
Series
See the citation below
Frequency
Monthly
Unit
index
Seasonal adjustment
Seasonally adjusted
Latest observation
Sep 2026
Revision status
Latest published estimate, subject to revision

100 is the long-run average; readings above it mean firms expect better-than-average conditions.

Data refreshed 2026-10-09. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.

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