Hungary - Environment
As far as the environment of Hungary is concerned, there have been air and water pollution are some of Hungary's most serious environmental problems; water quality in the Hungarian part of the Danube has improved but is still plagued by pollutants from industry and large-scale agriculture; soil pollution. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling.
About the environment of Hungary
| Climate | We have temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers |
|---|---|
| Revenue from forest resources | 0.1% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | 0.01% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 3.712 million tons (2015 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 104 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Duna (Danube) (shared with Germany [s], Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania [m]) - 2,888 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 660 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 3.45 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 550 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 14.24 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 45.54 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 7.25 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 58.9% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 48.5% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 2% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 8.4% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 22.5% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 18.6% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 72.9% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.05% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.778 million BUDAPEST (capital) (2023). |
All Important Facts about Hungary
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