Hungary Energy Information

Hungary Energy Research

Hungary Total Energy Production & Consumption

Energy consumption per capita is 2.5 toe (10% below the EU average and 21% below the EU27 average) (2024).

Total energy consumption has decreased rapidly since 2021, by 4%/year, reaching around 24 Mtoe in 2024. It remained broadly stable from 2018 to 2019 and rebounded by 4.6%in 2021, after a 1.5% reduction in 2020; it grew rapidly between 2014 and 2018 (+3%/year).

Graph: Primary Consumption Trends by Energy Source

Source: Hungary energy report

Interactive Chart Hungary Total Energy Production & Consumption

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Hungary Oil Production & Consumption

Oil production, which is distributed over 6 production sites, covers around 18% of the country's needs (1.3 Mt in 2024). In 2023, Russia was the main oil supplier (49%), followed by Slovakia (12%) and Austria (8%). In May 2025, MOL and MVM signed an agreement to raise oil imports from Azerbaijan.

The country has one refinery, the Szazhalombatta refinery of MOL, with a capacity of 162 kb/d (8.1 Mt/year), that processed 7.3 Mt in 2023. MOL closed its Zala refinery in 2001 (10 kb/d) and Tisza refinery (61 kb/d in 2008).

Source: Hungary energy report

Interactive Chart Hungary Crude Oil Production & Consumption

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Interactive Chart Hungary Refined Oil Products Production & Consumption

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Hungary Natural Gas Production & Consumption

Gas production has been increasing by 5%/year since 2021, reaching 1.7 bcm in 2024 (+6%), after halving between 2006 and 2021 (-11% in 2021 alone to a record low of 1.5 bcm). This production represents around 20% of the country's gas needs.

Hungary is a net importer of gas and is involved in significant gas trade, with imports and exports growing. Its net imports have fluctuated in a range of 7-10 bcm since 2010. Net imports decreased by 33% in 2024 to 5.5 bcm, after a 25% increase in 2022 and a 11% decrease in 2023.

Source: Hungary energy report

Interactive Chart Hungary Gas Production & Consumption

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Hungary Coal and Lignite Production & Consumption

The country only produces lignite. Since 2010, lignite production has been decreasing on average by 6%/year, reaching 3.9 Mt in 2024 (-4.5% in 2024).

Coal imports decreased by 54% in 2024 to 0.2 Mt, after a 52% drop in 2023. They have been decreasing by 15%/year since 2010. Coal imports came from Czechia (27%), followed by the United States (21%), Poland (20%), and Ukraine (20%) in 2023.

Graph: Coal Production & Consumption

Source: Hungary energy report

Interactive Chart Hungary Coal and Lignite Production & Consumption

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Hungary Renewable in % Electricity Production

The final updated NECP (2024) raised the target on renewables to a share of 30% of final energy consumption by 2030 (32% of which for electricity, 32% for heating and cooling, and 25% for transport). The NECP specifies that targets for electricity and the heating and cooling sectors are "indicative non-binding sub-targets". In 2023, this share reached 17.1% (19.5% of which for electricity, 22.3% for heating, and 7.6% for transport). In the NECP, the country set an objective of 12 GW of solar capacity and 1 GW of wind capacity in 2030.

Source: Hungary energy report

Interactive Chart Hungary Share of Renewables in Electricity Production (incl hydro)

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Hungary GHG emissions and CO₂ emissions

In 2020, the parliament adopted a law to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. In the medium term, the country is committed to a binding GHG emissions reduction target of at least 50% by 2030 compared to 1990, as in other EU countries. The final updated NECP maintains the 50% target by 2030.

Source: Hungary energy report

Interactive Chart Hungary CO₂ emissions

Source: Global Energy & CO₂ data