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Hong Kong SAR, China

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58/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
Hong Kong SAR, China in world space2000–2024
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002024
192 countries · log scale on X world Hong Kong SAR, China· trajectory line: 1980 → today
▶About Hong Kong SAR, China

Hong Kong SAR, China's GDP is $450.14B (2026), with a population of 7.5M, and GDP per capita of $59,640. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 2.4%, inflation at 2.1%, unemployment at 3.3%, government debt at 14.1% of GDP, life expectancy of 85.4 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

▶Economy30 indicators · 2021–2026 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD)$450.14B2026▲ 5.3%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)2.4%2026▼ 31.4%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$59,6402026▲ 4.8%IMF
GDP, PPP (Intl $)$635.59B2026▲ 5.4%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$84,2122026▲ 4.8%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.28%2026▼ 0.7%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$470.20B2025▲ 4.7%WB
GNI per Capita, Atlas Method (Current US$)$62,5002025▲ 8.9%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (Current Intl $)$88,5002025▲ 6.8%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)6.2%2024▼ 1.8%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)91.5%2024▲ 0.0%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)0.0%2024▼ 1.7%WB
Government Consumption (% of GDP)12.6%2025▼ 1.7%WB
Household Consumption (% of GDP)66.2%2025▼ 1.6%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)18.3%2025▲ 14.2%WB
Gross Savings (% of GDP)29.2%2024▲ 18.9%WB
GDP Deflator Inflation (Annual %)1.0%2025▼ 75.4%WB
GDP per Employed Person (Constant 2021 PPP $)$139,8842025▲ 4.3%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)0.9%2024▼ 1.2%WB
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)39.8%2022▲ 10.3%WB
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)2.9%2025▼ 25.6%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021▲ 197.4%WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021—WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)0.0%2021▲ 11.8%WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021▼ 17.1%WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$25.19B2024▲ 5.3%WB
GDP per Capita, PPP (Constant 2021 Intl $)$68,7252025▲ 3.8%WB
GDP per Capita (Constant 2015 US$)$46,4502025▲ 3.8%WB
▶Financial Markets1 indicator · 2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Exchange Rate (per EUR)8.812025▲ 4.3%WB
▶Fiscal & Monetary14 indicators · 2023–2026 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)2.1%2026▲ 50.0%IMF
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)14.1%2026▲ 18.5%IMF
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-5.2%2026▼ 8.3%IMF
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)12.6%2026▲ 3.3%IMF
Unemployment Rate (%)3.3%2026▼ 8.3%IMF
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)1.4%2025▼ 17.0%WB
Real Interest Rate (%)4.1%2025▲ 170.9%WB
Lending Interest Rate (%)5.2%2025▼ 9.8%WB
Deposit Interest Rate (%)0.2%2025▼ 62.4%WB
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$425.55B2023▲ 0.4%WB
Total Reserves (months of imports)5.72023▼ 0.5%WB
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)7.82025▼ 0.1%WB
PPP Conversion Factor5.522025▼ 1.7%WB
Broad Money (% of GDP)481.0%2025▲ 6.4%WB
▶Trade15 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Trade (% of GDP)396.6%2025▲ 10.4%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)199.8%2025▲ 10.0%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)196.9%2025▲ 10.8%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$853.59B2025▲ 15.1%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$841.32B2025▲ 15.9%WB
Merchandise Exports (USD)$753.58B2025▲ 16.7%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$831.83B2025▲ 18.1%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)30.8%2024▼ 3.8%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)19.7%2024▼ 21.9%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$125.82B2024▲ 3.1%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$457.6M2024▲ 0.8%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)0.1%2024▼ 6.0%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)75.6%2024▲ 4.5%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)13.3%2024▲ 57.1%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$54.47B2024▲ 68.4%WB
▶Finance11 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
▶Business Environment1 indicator · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)22023—WB
▶Private Sector6 indicators · 2023 · WB
▶People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population7.5M2025▼ 0.3%WB
Population Growth (%)-0.3%2025▼ 110.5%WB
Population Density (per km²)7,1772023▲ 2.6%WB
Surface Area (sq km)1,1102023▲ 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)1,0502023▲ 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)100.0%2025▲ 0.0%WB
Urban Population (total)7.5M2025▼ 0.3%WB
Rural Population (%)0.0%2025—WB
Life Expectancy at Birth85.4 years2024▲ 0.2%WB
Life Expectancy, Male82.7 years2024▲ 0.2%WB
Life Expectancy, Female88.2 years2024▲ 0.1%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)0.82024▲ 12.0%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)4.92024▲ 11.4%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)72024▼ 4.1%WB
Net Migration17,8632025▲ 192.7%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)10.3%2025▼ 1.9%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)66.0%2025▼ 1.2%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)23.7%2025▲ 4.4%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)51.5%2025▲ 3.7%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)35.8%2025▲ 5.7%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)15.6%2025▼ 0.7%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)59.12024▼ 8.6%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)32.82024▼ 6.3%WB
▶Labor20 indicators · 2016–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force3.8M2025▼ 1.0%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)56.4%2025▼ 0.8%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)51.8%2025▼ 0.9%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)62.1%2025▼ 0.8%WB
Unemployment (%)2.8%2025▼ 6.3%WB
Female Unemployment (%)2.3%2025▼ 4.0%WB
Male Unemployment (%)3.3%2025▼ 7.9%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)9.0%2025▼ 5.8%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)0.2%2025▼ 2.0%WB
Employment in Industry (%)14.0%2025▼ 0.7%WB
Employment in Services (%)85.8%2025▲ 0.1%WB
Labor Force Participation, Age 15+ (National Estimate, %)57.0%2025▲ 0.0%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)5.8%2025▼ 1.4%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)92.3%2025▲ 0.1%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)16.9%2016▲ 2.7%WB
Employers (% of total employment)1.9%2025▼ 1.3%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)51.2%2025▲ 0.0%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)54.8%2025▼ 0.7%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)7.7%2025▼ 1.4%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)6.0%2025▲ 5.0%WB
▶Education17 indicators · 2007–2024 · WB
▶Health4 indicators · 2018–2024 · WHO
▶Energy & Environment12 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB / WHO
▶Agriculture10 indicators · 2022–2024 · WB
▶Technology12 indicators · 2021–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Internet Users (%)95.8%2024▼ 0.2%WB
Mobile Subscriptions (per 100 people)3652024▲ 14.2%WB
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)40.32024▲ 1.0%WB
Secure Internet Servers (per million)156,139.22024▲ 19.0%WB
R&D Spending (% of GDP)1.13%2024▲ 1.8%WB
Patent Applications, Residents4012021▼ 5.2%WB
Patent Applications, Non-Residents21,5422021▲ 1.9%WB
High-Technology Exports (USD)$422.35B2024▲ 14.4%WB
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)4.1%2023▼ 14.0%WB
ICT Service Exports (USD)$4.01B2023▲ 0.8%WB
Industrial Design Applications, Resident9462021▼ 13.1%WB
Researchers in R&D (per million)5,8742024▲ 11.4%WB
▶Infrastructure7 indicators · 2021–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Air Transport, Passengers Carried25.7M2023▲ 654.4%WB
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)8,638.42023▲ 605392.2%WB
Container Port Traffic (TEU)13.7M2024▼ 4.6%WB
Rail Lines (total km)2302021▲ 103.6%WB
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)4.002022▲ 2.0%WB
Electricity from Oil (%)1.2%2023▲ 14.3%WB
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021—WB
▶Gender7 indicators · 2018–2025 · WB
▶Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption1.632023▲ 0.9%WB
Government Effectiveness1.552023▼ 2.2%WB
Political Stability0.672023▲ 17.1%WB
Regulatory Quality1.62023▲ 0.9%WB
Rule of Law1.292023▲ 1.2%WB
Voice & Accountability-0.322023▲ 20.1%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)93.4%2023▲ 1.0%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)92.9%2023▼ 3.0%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)87.7%2023▲ 0.0%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)69.7%2023▲ 6.3%WB
▶Military1 indicator · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)0.42023▼ 6.4%WB
▶Social Protection4 indicators · 2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.812020▼ 1.1%WB
Human Capital Index, Female0.852020▼ 0.2%WB
Human Capital Index, Male0.782020▼ 1.9%WB
Learning-Adjusted Years of School11.9 years2020▼ 1.3%WB
▶Tourism6 indicators · 2018–2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
International Tourism, Arrivals3.6M2020▼ 93.6%WB
International Tourism, Departures8.3M2020▼ 91.3%WB
Tourism Receipts (USD)$32.70B2019▼ 22.7%WB
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$26.50B2018▲ 4.4%WB
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)5.1%2019▼ 18.4%WB
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$6.33B2019▼ 10.2%WB
▶Urban Development6 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB / WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Urban Population Growth (%)-0.3%2025▼ 110.5%WB
Population in Largest City7.8M2025▲ 0.6%WB
Population in Largest City (% of urban)100.0%2025▲ 0.0%WB
Population in Agglomerations >1M (% of total)100.0%2025▲ 0.0%WB
Access to Safely Managed Drinking Water (%)100.0%2024▲ 0.0%WHO
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)94.8%2024▼ 0.1%WHO