Hong Kong Economic Indicators

Balance of Trade

Last: -33,131

Units In: HKD Million

Since the late 1990’s Hong Kong has been recording trade deficits, as imports grew at a faster pace than exports. Hong Kong major exports are electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances; telecommunications and sound equipment and automatic data processing machines. The country imports mainly mach...

Consumer Price Index CPI

Last: 107.8

Units In: Points

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Current Account to GDP

Last: 10.7

Units In: % of GDP

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GDP Annual Growth Rate

Last: 3.3

Units In: %

In recent years, Hong Kong has become an international hub for business, trade and finance importers willing to access the Chinese market. As such, the largest sector of the economy is services, which accounts for around 93 percent of GDP. Within services, the most important are wholesale and retail...

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Government Debt to GDP

In Hong Kong the interest rates decisions are taken by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). The main interest rate is Base rate, adjusted with accordance to the Hong Kong dollar’s demand or supply.

In Hong Kong, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.