Statistics and Notes
| Geography of Hungary | |
| Geographic coordinates: | 47°00′N 20°00′E / 47°N 20°E / 47; 20 |
| Map references: | Europe |
| Area: | |
| total: | 93,030 km2 |
| land: | 92,340 km2 |
| water: | 690 km2 |
| Land boundaries, total: | 2,009 km |
| border countries: | Austria (366 km), Croatia (329 km), Romania (443 km), Serbia (151 km), Slovakia (679 km), Slovenia (102 km), Ukraine (103 km) |
| Coastline: | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims: | none (landlocked) |
| Climate: | temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers |
| Terrain: | mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on the Slovakian border |
| Elevation extremes: | |
| lowest point: | Tisza River 78 m |
| highest point: | Kékes 1,014 m |
| Natural resources: | bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils, arable land |
| Land use: | |
| arable land: | 51% |
| permanent crops: | 3.6% |
| permanent pastures: | 12.4% |
| forests and woodland: | 19% |
| other: | 14% (1999) |
| Irrigated land: | 2,060 km2 (1993 est.) |
| Environment - current issues: | the approximation of Hungary's standards in waste management, energy efficiency, and air, soil, and water pollution with environmental requirements for EU accession will require large investments |
| Environment - international agreements: | |
| party to: | Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands |
| signed, but not ratified: | Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol |
| Geography - note: | landlocked; strategic location astride main land routes between Western Europe and Balkan Peninsula as well as between Ukraine and Mediterranean basin |
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