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General Information

Region		Eastern Asia
Population (000, 2024)		7 415^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		6 747.0^a
Capital city		Hong Kong
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		7 490.8^c,d
Surface area (km2)		1 107^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		82^a
National currency		Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		7.8^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	309 386	344 941	359 839^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.4	-6.5	-3.5^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	41 809.8	45 986.2	48 049.8^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	0.1	0.1	0.1^b
Economy: Industry^g,i,j (% of Gross Value Added)	7.3	6.4	6.6^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g,k (% of GVA)	92.7	93.4	93.3^b
Employment in agriculture^l (% of employed)	0.2	0.2	0.2^b
Employment in industry^l (% of employed)	13.7	13.5	14^b
Employment in services^l (% employed)	86.1	86.3	85.8^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	3.3	5.8	3.9^l
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	54.7 / 68.8	54.3 / 66.3	51.8 / 63.3^l
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	123	135	143^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	97	220	142^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	510 553	551 516	575 044^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	559 306	573 061	654 824^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 48 753	- 21 546	- 79 780^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	10 264	24 126	35 366^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.6	-~0.0	-0.5^a
Urban population (% of total population)	100	100^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.6^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.2	0.9	0.7^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	87.0 / 81.3	87.0 / 82.4	88.3 / 83.0^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	11.5 / 21.8	11.3 / 26.7	10.5 / 31.1^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	2 841.1 / 39.5^o	2 962.5 / 39.5^o	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	10.1	0.2	0.3^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	2.5	2	1.9^a
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.3	4.4	4^p
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^l (f/m per 100 pop.)	104.0 / 106.2	104.1 / 106.1	99.9 / 102.2^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^l (f/m per 100 pop.)	108.9 / 112.1	98.5 / 102.0	104.0 / 106.6^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^l (f/m per 100 pop.)	102.7 / 107.0	96.9 / 104.4	97.0 / 100.1^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.3	0.3	0.4^b

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^q,r (per 100 inhabitants)	84.9	92.4	95.6^b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.8	1	1.1^b
Threatened species (number)	60	83	108^e
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	43.3 / 5.8	34.1 / 4.5	34.3 / 4.6^p
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	78	68	69^p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	26 686	1 359	568^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	48.9	48.9	48.9^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	100.0 / ...	100.0 / ...	100.0 / ...^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	80.2 / ...	93.0 / ...	96.5 / ...^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Consists of the population of Hong Kong Island, New Kowloon the new towns in New Territories and the marine areas.
d		2019
e		2023
f		Includes mining and quarrying.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excluding hunting and forestry.
i		Excludes mining and quarrying.
j		Includes waste management.
k		Excluding waste management.
l		Estimate.
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		Including refugees.
p		2021
q		Population aged 10 years and over.
r		Users in the last 12 months.