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Hong Kong SAR, China

East Asia & Pacific · High income

Reports 13 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

85.4years

Ranks 3 of 217 in 2024

14% above world median · 17% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

0.84births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

56% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

103.2% gross

Ranks 41 of 134 in 2024

4% above world median · 3% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2024 · 2 years old

3.81% of GDP

Ranks 26 of 40 in 2024

11% below world median · 17% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 40 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

56,983current US$

Ranks 19 of 186 in 2025

6.2× above world median · 7.6× above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

80,423international $

Ranks 14 of 185 in 2025

3.0× above world median · 3.9× above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

2.8% of labour force

Ranks 32 of 182 in 2025

45% below world median · 8% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

1.4% per year

Not ranked — no better end

53% below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 148 in 2024

24% above world median · 60% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

95.8% of population

Ranks 22 of 182 in 2024

17% above world median · 13% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

4.60t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

80% above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

7.5mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

15% above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Hong Kong SAR, China has no figure in this dataset for Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini), Military spending, Under-5 mortality, Maternal mortality, Child stunting, Health spending, Adult literacy. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.

Hong Kong SAR, China — World Pulse