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🇭🇰 Hong Kong

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

HKG HK $ Hong Kong dollar (HKD)

Every statistic we track for Hong Kong — 99 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →

GDP per capita (PPP)

$84,212

#17 of 191

Life expectancy

84.5 yrs

#3 of 186

Happiness score

5.57

#90 of 147

Liberal democracy

0.14

#124 of 179

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📈 Economy

Account Ownership 97.3% #24/139 2024
Bank Account Ownership 97.3% #24/139 2024
Bank Branches 17.6 #48/153 2024
Big Mac Price 3.2 #45/53 2026
Credit to Households (BIS) 87.8% #7/43 2025
Credit to Private Non-financial Sector (BIS) 328.5% #2/43 2025
Currency Valuation vs USD (Big Mac) -47.6% #45/53 2026
Current Account Balance 12.6% #12/190 2026
Debit Card Ownership 88.3% #26/140 2024
Exchange Rate (per US$) 7.8 #99/197 2024
Extreme Poverty 0% #125/237 2023
Fiscal Balance -5.2% #151/189 2026
Forbes Global 2000 Companies 44 #11/55 2023
GDP (current US$) 450.1 #41/190 2026
GDP (PPP) 635.6 #50/191 2026
GDP per Capita 59,640 #23/190 2026
GDP per Capita (Long Run) 48,289 #15/165 2022
GDP per Capita (PPP) 84,212 #17/191 2026
GDP per Capita Growth 3.1% #72/184 2019
Government Debt 14.1% #176/185 2026
Income per Person 53,300 #5/183 2018
Income per Person 53,300 #5/183 2018
Inflation (CPI) 2.1% #160/191 2026
Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT) 51.5 #28/130 2023
Listed Companies 2,449 #7/70 2024
Made a Digital Payment 77.4% #32/144 2017
Real GDP Growth 2.4% #117/191 2026
Share of World GDP (PPP) 0.3% #50/191 2026
Stock Market Capitalisation 1,114.1% #1/70 2024
Stocks Traded 733.8% #1/69 2024
Total GDP (Long Run) 356,690,492,875 #48/165 2022
Unemployment Rate 3.3% #83/103 2026

👥 Demographics

Fertility Rate (WB) 0.8 #215/217 2024
Median Age 47.9 #8/235 2026
Population 7.3 #101/229 2013
Population 7.5 #99/191 2026
Population Density 6,713.9 #4/235 2026
Refugees by Country of Origin 245 #135/195 2025
Urban Population 100% #5/213 2024

🌐 Connectivity

Access to Electricity 100% #48/214 2023
Internet Users 95.8% #22/182 2024
Mobile Subscriptions 292.8 #1/209 2022

🫀 Health

Alcohol Consumption per Capita 3 #131/207 2022
Life Expectancy 84.5 #3/186 2020
Undernourishment 3.1% #100/166 2023

🎓 Education

Mean Years of Schooling 12.8 #13/146 2020
PISA Mathematics Score 540 #4/79 2022
PISA Reading Score 500 #11/79 2022
PISA Science Score 520 #7/79 2022

🌱 Environment

CO₂ per Capita (WB) 4.6 #58/203 2024
Energy Use per Person 1,518 #71/149 2023
Renewable Electricity 1% #182/195 2024

🏛️ Governance

Civil Liberties (V-Dem) 0.6 #114/179 2025
Clean Elections (V-Dem) 0.3 #124/179 2025
Corruption Perceptions Index 74 #17/179 2024
Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) 0.1 #163/179 2025
Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) 0.2 #113/179 2025
Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) 0.2 #159/179 2025
Freedom in the World Score 41 #131/196 2024
Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) 0.2 #149/179 2025
Gender Equality (V-Dem) 0.8 #79/179 2025
Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) 0.6 #102/179 2025
Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) 0.1 #124/179 2025
Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) 0 #167/179 2025
Political Corruption (V-Dem) 0.1 #152/179 2025
Rule of Law (V-Dem) 0.8 #58/179 2025

📰 Media & news

News Avoidance (Digital News Report) 28% #45/48 2026
Paying for Online News (Digital News Report) 18% #10/42 2026
Press Freedom Index 39.5 #137/177 2026
Social Media as News Source (Digital News Report) 64% #10/48 2026
Trust in News (Digital News Report) 52% #7/48 2026

⚠️ Risk & resilience

Climate Seen as a Threat 88.5% #56/142 2023
Confident Can Protect Family 46.3% #72/142 2023
Experienced a Disaster 66.1% #5/142 2023
Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) 2.9% #100/139 2023
Resilience to Risk (WRP) 57.2 #47/141 2023
Worry About Violent Crime 61.7% #95/142 2023

😊 Wellbeing

Happiness (Cantril Ladder) 5.6 #90/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Freedom 0.9 #94/146 2025
Happiness Driver: GDP 2 #11/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Generosity 0.1 #88/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy 1.2 #1/146 2025
Happiness Driver: Low Corruption 0.4 #8/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Social Support 1.3 #68/147 2025
Human Development Index 1 #8/193 2023

🧭 Attitudes & values

Attended a Demonstration 8.8% #94/151 2017
Individualism 25 #46/65 2010
Long-term Orientation 96 #2/26 2010
Masculinity 57 #25/65 2010
Power Distance 68 #22/65 2010
Secular Values 0.5 #5/64 2022
Self-Expression Values 0.5 #15/64 2022
Signed a Petition 15% #63/121 2017
Trade Union Membership 2.3% #116/120 2017
Trust in government 5.4 #25/123 2017
Trust in parliament 5.1 #52/151 2017
Trust in political parties 4.3 #32/120 2017
Trust in the legal system 6.4 #16/153 2017
Uncertainty Avoidance 29 #61/65 2010

Latest available period per indicator; rank is the country's position among all countries with data. Sources are credited on each indicator page.