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General Information

Region		Eastern Asia
Population (000, 2021)		7 553^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		7 193.1^a
Capital city		Hong Kong
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		7 490.8^c,b
Surface area (km2)		1 107^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		84.5^a
National currency		Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		7.8^d

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	228 639	309 386	365 711^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6.8	2.4	-1.2^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	32 820.5	43 054.0	49 180.1^b
Economy: Agriculture^e (% of Gross Value Added)	0.1	0.1	0.1^b
Economy: Industry^f (% of Gross Value Added)	7	7.3	6.6^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g,h (% of GVA)	93	92.7	93.4^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	0.2	0.2	0.2^d
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	12.8	12	11.5^d
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	87	87.8	88.3^d
Unemploymentⁱ (% of labour force)	4.3	3.3	4.3^d
Labour force participation rateⁱ (female/male pop. %)	51.4 / 68.1	54.3 / 68.5	53.7 / 67.0^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100	123	135^d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	96	138^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	400 692	510 553	551 516^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	441 369	559 306	573 061^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 40 677	- 48 753	- 21 546^d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	16 012	10 264	22 666^d

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^j (average annual %)	0.6	0.6	0.8^d
Urban population (% of total population)	100	100	100^b
Urban population growth rate^j (average annual %)	0.6	0.6	...
Fertility rate, total^j (live births per woman)	1	1.2	1.3^d
Life expectancy at birth^j (females/males, years)	85.5 / 79.5	86.4 / 80.5	87.5 / 81.8^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	11.9 / 18.4	11.2 / 21.8	13.0 / 26.9^a
International migrant stock^k (000/% of total pop.)	2 780.0 / 39.9	2 841.1 / 39.5	2 962.5 / 39.5^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.6^l	10.1	0.2^d
Infant mortality rate^j (per 1 000 live births)	1.9	1.6	1.3^d
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.5	3.3	3.8^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	111.2 / 109.3	112.1 / 106.9^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	88.2 / 87.9	101.4 / 103.1	106.4 / 108.9^b
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	77.7 / 76.4	97.9 / 99.2	103.9 / 108.1^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.5	0.3	0.7^m

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	72ⁿ	84.9^n,o	91.7^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.7	0.8	0.9^m
Threatened species (number)	49	60	92
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	42.0 / 6.0	43.9 / 6.0	42.6 / 5.7^m
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	78	80	80^m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	20 085	26 686	23 752^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	48.9	48.9	48.9^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	99.4 / ...	100.0 / ...	100.0 / ...^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	86.0 / ...	86.0 / ...	85.9 / ...^d

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		Consists of the population of Hong Kong Island, New Kowloon the new towns in New Territories and the marine areas.
d		2020
e		Excluding hunting and forestry.
f		Excludes mining and quarrying.
g		Excluding waste management.
h		Excludes repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Including refugees.
l		Data as at the end of December.
m		2018
n		Population aged 10 years and over.
o		Users in the last 12 months.