Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Hungary
- Data from June 2014. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables. Planned article update: August 2017.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Hungary.
Source: Eurostat, see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 indicators
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.
Main statistical findings
Source: Eurostat, see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 indicators
By reducing its GHG emissions in non-ETS sectors by 21.4 % between the ESD base year and 2012, Hungary remained well below its target to limit emission increases to 10 % by 2020. The country has also remained within its target on primary energy consumption. Progress towards the national education targets has been ambiguous since 2008. While Hungary met its national target on tertiary education already in 2014, it has not reduced the share of early leavers from education and training. In terms of R&D expenditure, Hungary was 0.4 percentage points below its national target in 2014 and thus it was closer to the national target than the EU as a whole was to the EU target. The share of renewables in gross final energy consumption has increased by 3 percentage points between 2008 and 2014, thus the country moved closer towards its national target than the EU as a whole towards the EU target. Poverty levels, however, have deteriorated in Hungary since the onset of the economic crisis, resulting in a gap of about 750 000 people that need to be lifted out of the risk of poverty or social exclusion to meet the national 2020 target. Despite the favourable increase in the employment rate from 2010 to 2015, the gap to the national target of 75 % was larger than the gap of the EU as a whole to the EU target.
Data sources and availability
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
Under 'Tables', click on the icons next to the indicators:
- 'Explanatory texts (metadata)' for a detailed overview of the collection and compilation methods;
- 'Information on the leaf' for data availability per country.
A more general overview of quality procedures can be found in Implementation of standard reference metadata for indicators - the ESMS Indicator Profile (ESMS-IP) (PDF file).
Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s growth and jobs strategy for the current decade, striving to pave the way to a smart, sustainable and inclusive future. The strategy envisages measures to overcome the economic crisis and move beyond it by addressing the structural weaknesses in the European economic model. The final objective is to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
See also
Further Eurostat information
Publications
- Smarter, greener, more inclusive - indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy (online publication, also downloadable as PDF file
Main tables
Dedicated section
Methodology / Metadata
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
Other information
- Regulation 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics