4 million cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
9.587 billion cu m (2001 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
50.45 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
Current account balance:
$-7.941 billion (2004 est.)
Exports:
$54.62 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment 61.1%, other manufactures 28.7%, food
products 6.5%, raw materials 2%, fuels and electricity 1.6% (2003)
Exports - partners:
Germany 31.4%, Austria 6.8%, France 5.7%, Italy 5.6%, UK 5.1% (2004)
Imports:
$58.68 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment 51.6%, other manufactures 35.7%, fuels and
electricity 7.7%, food products 3.1%, raw materials 2.0% (2003)
Imports - partners:
Germany 29.2%, Austria 8.3%, Russia 5.7%, Italy 5.5%, Netherlands
4.9%, China 4.8%, France 4.7% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$14.8 billion (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$57 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient: $4.2 billion in available EU structural adjustment and cohesion funds (2004–06)
Currency (code):
forint (HUF)
Currency code:
HUF
Exchange rates:
forints per US dollar - 202.75 (2004), 224.31 (2003), 257.89
(2002), 286.49 (2001), 282.18 (2000)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Hungary
Telephones - main lines in use:
3,666,400 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
6,862,800 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: the telephone system has been modernized and is
capable of satisfying all requests for telecommunication service
domestic: the system is digitalized and highly automated; trunk
services are carried by fiber-optic cable and digital microwave
radio relay; a program for fiber-optic subscriber connections was
initiated in 1996; heavy use is made of mobile cellular telephones
international: country code - 36; Hungary has fiber-optic cable
connections with all neighboring countries; the international switch
is in Budapest; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean and Indian Ocean regions), 1 Inmarsat, 1 very small aperture
terminal (VSAT) system of ground terminals
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 17, FM 57, shortwave 3 (1998)
Radios:
7.01 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
35 (plus 161 low-power repeaters) (1995)
Televisions:
4.42 million (1997)
Internet country code:
.hu
Internet hosts:
383,071 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
16 (2000)
Internet users:
1.6 million (2002)
Transportation Hungary
Railways:
total: 7,937 km
broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 7,682 km 1.435-m gauge (2,628 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 219 km 0.760-m gauge (2004)
Highways:
total: 159,568 km
paved: 70,050 km (including 533 km of expressways)
unpaved: 89,518 km (2002)
Waterways:
1,622 km (most on Danube River) (2004)
Pipelines:
gas 4,397 km; oil 990 km; refined products 335 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Budapest, Dunaujvaros, Gyor-Gonyu, Csepel, Baja, Mohacs (2003)
Airports:
44 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 18 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 26 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 9 (2004 est.)
Heliports: 5 (2004 est.)
Military Hungary
Military branches:
Ground Forces, Air Forces
Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in June 2004 (June 2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18–49: 2,303,116 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18–49: 1,780,513 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 63,847 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$1.08 billion (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.75% (2002 est.)
Transnational Issues Hungary
Disputes - international:
in 2004, Hungary amended the status law extending special social
and cultural benefits and voted down a referendum to extend dual
citizenship to ethnic Hungarians living in neighboring states, which
have objected to such measures; consultations continue between
Slovakia and Hungary over Hungary's completion of its portion the
Gabcikovo-Nagymaros hydroelectric dam project along the Danube; as a
member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Hungary
must implement the strict Schengen border rules
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and cannabis and for
South American cocaine destined for Western Europe; limited producer
of precursor chemicals, particularly for amphetamine and
methamphetamine; improving, but remains vulnerable to money
laundering related