Regional specialisation in a transition country - Hungary

Bold letters: high absolute specialisation or concentration in 1992

Italic letters: high relative specialisation or concentration in 1992

Indicators of regional specialisation of industries industrial output

Between 1992 and 1998 hardly any change could be seen in the degree of both the absolute and
the relative regional specialisation. The Herfindfahl index grew 1.12 times bigger on average. The
average relative specialisation also increased (1.04 times).

The high increase in absolute specialisation in above mentioned Transdanubian counties was
caused by the machinery and equipment branch, which became dominant. The greatest drop in the
absolute specialisation was due to the reduction of the formerly strong leading role of the food, beverages
and tobacco industry. The biggest rate of increase in relative specialisation in case of Gydr was due to
above national rate of increase in the machinery and equipment branch. In the case of eastern counties it
resulted from the fact that the weight of machinery and equipment branch in these counties is bigger than
on the national scale.

Bold letters: high absolute specialisation or concentration in 1992

Italic letters: high relative specialisation or concentration in 1992

Patterns of geographic concentration of industries employment

In 1998 the geographic concentration was the biggest in the case of the chemical industry, the
wood, paper and printing industry and in that of mining and quarrying. In 1992 the highest absolute
concentration based on the Herfindahl index could be observed in the Budapest-centred chemical and
machinery and equipment industries and the Gydr-Moson Sopron -centred electricity branch. In 1998 the
absolute geographic concentration was still high in the case of the chemical industry and electricity
branch.

The most evenly located industries of Hungary in 1992 were the food, beverages and tobacco
production, the textile wearing apparel, leather industry and the other manufacturing, recycling. In 1998
the lowest absolute geographic concentrations were still typical of the food, beverages and tobacco branch
and the textile wearing apparel, leather industry.

If we consider the relative geographic concentration the highest values will be found for mining
and quarrying In 1992 the lowest relative concentration was found in the case of textile, wearing apparel,

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