HONG KONG : THE FACTS

Statistics
Geography and Climate
Geographical position:
Hong Kong is located to the southeast of the mainland of China, adjoining the province of Guangdong, and lies between
Latitude 22 8 North and 22 35 North, Longitude 113 49 East and 114 31 East. The geographical co-ordinates are
represented in accordance with the WGS84 datum.
Summary of selected meteorological observations in 2014:
Month
Mean temperature (C)
Mean relative humidity (%)
January
16.3
67
February
15.5
82
March
18.7
83
April
22.6
86
May
26.4
86
June
29.0
80
July
29.8
80
August
29.0
81
September
29.0
77
October
26.2
71
November
22.6
78
December
16.3
67

Total rainfall (mm)

Trace
39.5
207.6
132.4
687.3
436.6
260.5
548.2
140.6
109.8
31.1
44.7

Land area (as at end-2014): 1 105.6 square kilometres

Population
Population density(1) (as at mid-2014): 6 690 persons per square kilometre
(1) Excluding marine population and area of reservoirs.

Population and vital events:

Mid-year population ('000)

Population growth rate (%)
Number of births ('000)
Crude birth rate (per 1 000 population)
Number of deaths ('000)
Crude death rate (per 1 000 population)
Number of marriages ('000)
Crude marriage rate (per 1 000 population)
Expectation of life at birth (years)
Male
Female
Age structure of population (as at mid-2014):
Age group
Male ('000)
Female ('000)
Below 15
415.2
389.2
15-34
878.6
1 053.6
35-64
1 554.3
1 884.9
65 and above
497.0
568.9
Total
3 345.1
3 896.6
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2010
7 024.2
+0.7
88.6
12.6
42.2
6.0
52.6
7.5

2011
7 071.6
+0.7
95.5
13.5
42.3
6.0
58.4
8.2

Year
2012
7 154.6
+1.2
91.6
12.8
43.9
6.1
60.5
8.4

2013
7 187.5
+0.5
57.1
7.9
43.4
6.0
55.3
7.7

2014
7 241.7
+0.8
62.3#
8.6#
44.8#
6.2#
56.4#
7.8#

80.1
86.0

80.3
86.7

80.7
86.4

81.1
86.7

81.2#
86.7#

Total ('000)
804.4
1 932.2
3 439.2
1 065.9
7 241.7

Percentage
11.1
26.7
47.5
14.7
100.0

Households(1):
2010
2 325

Number of households ('000)

2011

Year
2012

2013

2014

2 359

2 389

2 405

2 431

(1) Figures are compiled based on data collected in the General Household Survey from January to December of the year concerned as well as the mid-year
population estimates by District Council district compiled jointly by the Census and Statistics Department and an inter-departmental Working Group on Population
Distribution Projections.

Labour
Labour force(1):
2010
3 631
59.6
4.3

Labour force ('000)

Labour force participation rate (%)
Unemployment rate (%)

2011

Year
2012

2013

2014

3 703
60.1
3.4

3 785
60.5
3.3

3 859
61.2
3.4

3 876
61.1
3.3

(1) Labour force refers to the land-based non-institutional population aged 15 and over who satisfy the criteria for being classified as employed population or
unemployed population. Figures are compiled based on data collected in the General Household Survey from January to December of the year concerned as
well as the mid-year population estimates by District Council district compiled jointly by the Census and Statistics Department and an inter-departmental Working
Group on Population Distribution Projections.

Employment distribution(1) by industry (%):

Industry
Manufacturing
Electricity, gas and water supply, and waste
management
Construction
Import/export, wholesale and retail trades
Accommodation(2) and food services
Transportation, storage, postal and courier services
Information and communications
Financing and insurance, real estate, and professional
and business services
Public administration, and social and personal services
Others
All industries
Total employment ('000)

2010
3.2
0.4

2011
3.1
0.4

Year
2012
3.0
0.4

2013
2.9
0.4

2014@
2.8
0.4

7.5
25.4
7.5
9.0
2.7
18.9

7.6
24.8
7.4
8.9
2.7
19.2

8.0
24.6
7.3
8.7
2.8
19.4

8.3
24.2
7.3
8.6
2.8
19.5

8.2
24.1
7.4
8.5
2.9
19.7

25.1
0.1
100.0

25.6
0.1
100.0

25.6
0.1
100.0

25.8
0.1
100.0

25.9
0.1
100.0

3 478.6

3 579.5

3 657.1

3 728.5

3 761.2

(1) Figures refer to the Composite Employment Estimates.

(2) Accommodation services sector covers hotels, guesthouses, boarding houses and other establishments providing short term accommodation.

Wage Index(1):

Nominal Wage Index (Sep. 1992=100)

Index
Year-on-year rate of change (%)
Real Wage Index(2) (Sep. 1992=100)
Index
Year-on-year rate of change (%)

2010

2011

Year
2012

2013

2014

163.1
+3.3

178.3
+9.4

187.5
+5.1

195.2
+4.1

203.3
+4.2

113.5

117.9
+3.9

118.9
+0.9

118.7
-0.2

115.7
-2.5

2010
3,364.8
69.5
2,961.5
3,031.0
6,395.9

2011
3,764.6
65.7
3,271.6
3,337.3
7,101.8

Year
2012
3,912.2
58.8
3,375.5
3,434.3
7,346.5

2013
4,060.7
54.4
3,505.3
3,559.7
7,620.4

2014
4,219.0
55.3
3,617.5
3,672.8
7,891.8

-333.8
9.9

-427.3
11.4

-477.8
12.2

-501.0
12.3

-546.3
12.9

(1) Wage Index covers employees up to the supervisory level. Figures refer to December of the year.
(2) Real Wage Index is derived by deflating the Nominal Wage Index by the 2009/10-based CPI(A).
Change within 0.05%.

External Trade
Aggregate merchandise trade (HK$ billion):

Imports (c.i.f.)
Domestic exports (f.o.b.)
Re-exports (f.o.b.)
Total exports (f.o.b.)
Total trade
Merchandise trade balance
As percentage of imports (%)
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Imports (HK$ billion):

Main supplier
The mainland of China
Taiwan
Japan

2010
1,529.8
224.8
308.2

2011
1,696.8
240.9
318.6

Year
2012
1,840.9
244.9
311.6

2013
1,942.1
261.9
286.3

2014
1,987.0
300.3
288.9

End-use category
Foodstuffs
Consumer goods
Raw materials and semi-manufactures
Fuels
Capital goods

123.8
811.4
1,237.9
119.0
1,072.7

145.2
938.1
1,297.7
146.0
1,237.6

150.7
944.4
1,284.4
141.9
1,390.8

169.7
934.0
1,360.0
137.2
1,459.8

186.7
945.9
1,470.2
122.0
1,494.2

2010
31.2
8.4
2.8

2011
30.7
7.2
3.0

Year
2012
26.0
6.8
2.7

2013
24.8
5.4
2.4

2014
23.2
4.5
3.0

7.3

8.5

8.9

8.5

7.6

8.0
0.6
2.3
2.2

7.5
3.7
2.5
2.5

6.4
2.5
2.9
3.0

6.1
2.7
2.7
3.1

5.3
3.5
3.5
3.3

Main destination
The mainland of China
United States of America
Japan

2010
1,567.0
323.7
125.6

2011
1,716.7
323.6
133.6

Year
2012
1,831.7
331.7
142.8

2013
1,924.5
325.9
134.0

2014
1,955.8
337.0
130.2

End-use category
Foodstuffs
Consumer goods
Raw materials and semi-manufactures
Fuels
Capital goods

33.9
817.8
1,035.3
3.0
1,071.5

39.2
883.8
1,115.6
4.6
1,228.4

39.5
866.7
1,110.4
6.7
1,352.2

42.9
841.1
1,168.2
5.8
1,447.3

47.4
827.3
1,237.1
4.8
1,500.8

2010

2011

Year
2012

2013@

2014@

Exports of services
Transport
Travel
Insurance and pension services
Financial services
Other services
Total

232.0
172.5
6.7
101.6
113.0
625.7

250.1
221.5
6.6
111.9
120.6
710.7

248.5
256.5
7.2
120.7
131.1
764.0

242.4
302.0
7.9
127.8
132.3
812.3

245.6
297.6
9.0
132.7
137.9
822.8

Imports of services
Transport
Travel
Insurance and pension services
Financial services
Other services
Total

122.0
134.8
9.3
27.5
253.3
546.9

139.4
148.1
9.3
30.2
251.1
578.0

142.6
155.7
9.5
30.5
256.0
594.3

140.6
164.5
10.4
32.7
235.0
583.2

143.0
171.5
10.9
34.1
228.1
587.6

78.8

132.7

169.8

229.1

235.2

Domestic exports (HK$ billion):

Main destination
The mainland of China
United States of America
Taiwan
Principal commodity
Jewellery, goldsmiths and silversmiths wares, and other
articles of precious or semi-precious materials
Plastics in primary and non-primary forms
Machinery specialised for particular industries
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
Tobacco, manufactured
Re-exports (HK$ billion):

Exports and imports of services(1) by service component (HK$ billion):

Net exports of services

(1) Trade in services statistics are compiled based on the recommendations made in the United Nations System of National Accounts 2008.

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National Income and Balance of Payments

Gross Domestic Product (GDP):
2010

2011

Year
2012

2013@

2014@

GDP
At current market prices (HK$ billion)
Year-on-year rate of change (%)
In chained (2012) dollars (HK$ billion)
Year-on-year rate of change (%)

1,776.3
+7.1
1,911.0
+6.8

1,934.4
+8.9
2,003.0
+4.8

2,037.1
+5.3
2,037.1
+1.7

2,131.8
+4.7
2,096.1
+2.9

2,245.7
+5.3
2,144.6
+2.3

Per capita GDP

At current market prices (HK$)
Year-on-year rate of change (%)
In chained (2012) dollars (HK$)
Year-on-year rate of change (%)

252,887
+6.3
272,058
+6.0

273,549
+8.2
283,246
+4.1

284,720
+4.1
284,720
+0.5

296,599
+4.2
291,626
+2.4

310,113
+4.6
296,152
+1.6

Percentage contribution of economic activities to GDP at basic prices (%):

Agriculture, fishing, mining and quarrying

Manufacturing
Electricity, gas and water supply, and waste
management
Construction
Import/export, wholesale and retail trades
Accommodation(1) and food services
Transportation, storage, postal and courier services
Information and communications
Financing and insurance
Real estate, professional and business services
Public administration, social and personal services
Ownership of premises
Total
GDP at basic prices (HK$ billion)

2009
0.1
1.8
2.2

2010
0.1
1.8
2.0

Year
2011

1.6
1.8

2012
0.1
1.5
1.8

2013@
0.1
1.4
1.7

3.2
23.4
3.1
6.3
3.0
16.2
11.0
18.2
11.5
100.0

3.3
23.8
3.2
7.9
3.2
16.3
10.8
17.0
10.6
100.0

3.4
25.9
3.5
6.3
3.3
16.1
11.3
16.5
10.3
100.0

3.6
25.4
3.6
6.0
3.5
15.9
11.5
16.8
10.3
100.0

4.0
25.0
3.6
6.0
3.6
16.5
10.8
17.0
10.4
100.0

1,581.8

1,737.3

1,901.0

2,013.0

2,097.5

(1) Accommodation services cover hotels, guesthouses, boarding houses and other establishments providing short term accommodation.
Less than 0.05%.

Gross National Income (GNI)(1):

At current market prices

GDP (HK$ billion)
Net external primary income flows (HK$ billion)
External primary income inflow (HK$ billion)
External primary income outflow (HK$ billion)
GNI (HK$ billion)
Per capita GDP (HK$)
Per capita GNI (HK$)
In chained (2012) dollars
GDP (HK$ billion)
Net external primary income flows (HK$ billion)
External primary income inflow (HK$ billion)
External primary income outflow (HK$ billion)
RGNI(2) (HK$ billion)
Per capita GDP (HK$)
Per capita RGNI (HK$)

2010

2011

Year
2012

2013@

2014@

1,776.3
37.6
929.7
892.1
1,813.9

1,934.4
52.8
1,059.4
1,006.5
1,987.3

2,037.1
29.5
1,091.2
1,061.8
2,066.5

2,131.8
40.5
1,183.6
1,143.0
2,172.3

2,245.7
60.8
1,283.5
1,222.8
2,306.5

252,887
258,240

273,549
281,019

284,720
288,837

296,599
302,236

310,113
318,505

1,911.0
40.4
1,011.9
971.5
1,976.4

2,003.0
54.9
1,103.9
1,049.0
2,070.5

2,037.1
29.5
1,091.2
1,061.8
2,066.5

2,096.1
40.0
1,170.1
1,130.1
2,146.8

2,144.6
58.3
1,230.8
1,172.5
2,212.0

272,058
281,374

283,246
292,789

284,720
288,837

291,626
298,681

296,152
305,447

(1) Gross National Income (GNI) is a measure of the total income earned by residents of an economy from engaging in various economic activities, irrespective of
whether the economic activities are carried out within the economic territory of the economy or outside. GNI is obtained by adding net external primary income
flows (i.e. external primary income inflow minus external primary income outflow) to GDP of the same year.
(2) Real Gross National Income (RGNI) is obtained by adding the terms of trade adjustment and real net external primary income flows to real GDP.

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Balance of Payments (BoP) (1) (HK$ billion):

Current account balance(2)

Goods
Services
Primary income
Secondary income
Capital and financial account balance(2)
Capital account
Financial non-reserve assets(3)
Direct investment
Portfolio investment
Financial derivatives
Other investment
Reserve assets(3)
Net errors and omissions(4)
Overall Balance of Payments

2010
124.4
25.6
78.8
37.6
-17.6

2011
107.5
-58.2
132.7
52.8
-19.8

Year
2012
32.2
-146.7
169.8
29.5
-20.3

2013@
32.2
-216.6
229.1
40.5
-20.9

2014@
43.7
-232.7
235.2
60.8
-19.6

-88.8
-4.4
-25.3
-122.0
-442.5
18.7
520.6
-59.1

-113.2
-2.0
-24.4
1.9
-11.0
20.9
-36.2
-86.8

-67.7
-1.4
122.7
-102.6
-31.6
15.2
241.7
-188.9

-86.3
-1.6
-26.8
-50.3
-386.1
54.7
354.9
-57.9

-96.4
-0.8
43.4
-305.9
157.1
103.9
88.2
-139.1

-35.5

5.7

35.5

54.1

52.7

59.1
86.8
188.9
57.9
139.1
(in surplus) (in surplus) (in surplus) (in surplus) (in surplus)

(1) BoP is a statistical statement that systematically summarises, for a specific time period (typically a year or a quarter), the economic transactions of an economy
with the rest of the world (i.e. between residents and non-residents). A complete BoP account comprises two broad accounts: (a) the current account; and (b) the
capital and financial account.
(2) In accordance with the accounting rules adopted in compiling BoP, a positive value for the balance figure in the current account represents a surplus whereas a
negative value represents a deficit. In the capital and financial account, a positive value indicates a net financial inflow while a negative value indicates a net
outflow. As increases in external assets are debit entries and decreases are credit entries, a negative value for the reserve assets represents a net increase
while a positive value represents a net decrease.
(3) The estimates of reserve and non-reserve assets under the BoP framework are transaction figures. Effects of valuation changes (including price changes and
exchange rate changes) and reclassifications are not taken into account.
(4) In principle, the net sum of credit entries and debit entries is zero. In practice, discrepancies between the credit and debit entries may occur for various reasons
as the relevant data are collected from many sources. Equality between the sum of credit entries and that of debit entries is brought about by the inclusion of a
balancing item which reflects net errors and omissions.

Prices
Year-on-year rates of change in the Consumer Price Indices(1)(2) (%):

Composite CPI
Food
Housing

2010
+2.4
+2.4
+0.4

2011
+5.3
+7.0
+7.2

Year
2012
+4.1
+5.8
+5.6

2013
+4.3
+4.4
+6.7

2014
+4.4
+4.1
+6.7

CPI(A)
Food
Housing

+2.7
+2.4
-0.1

+5.6
+7.4
+7.8

+3.6
+6.1
+4.5

+5.1
+4.6
+8.1

+5.6
+4.2
+8.6

CPI(B)
Food
Housing

+2.3
+2.3
+0.7

+5.2
+7.0
+7.1

+4.3
+6.0
+6.3

+4.1
+4.4
+6.1

+4.2
+4.2
+6.3

CPI(C)
Food
Housing

+2.1
+2.5
+0.7

+5.1
+6.2
+6.7

+4.1
+5.1
+6.1

+3.8
+4.0
+5.7

+3.5
+3.9
+5.0

(1) The year-on-year rate of change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is an indicator of inflation affecting consumers.
(2) The CPI(A), CPI(B) and CPI(C) respectively cover some 50%, 30% and 10% of households in Hong Kong. The average monthly household expenditures (in
HK$) of these groups during the base period (i.e. Oct. 2009-Sep. 2010) were $4,500-$18,499, $18,500-$32,499 and $32,500-$65,999 respectively. Taking into
account the impact of price changes since the base period, the monthly household expenditure ranges of the CPI(A), CPI(B) and CPI(C) adjusted to the price
level of 2014 are broadly equivalent to $5,400-$22,200, $22,200-$38,500 and $38,500-$77,800 respectively, and that of the Composite CPI is broadly equivalent
to $5,400-$77,800. The Composite CPI is compiled based on the expenditure patterns of all these households taken together.

Business Performance
Retail sales:
2010
325.0
104.7
104.1

Value of total retail sales (HK$ billion)

Value index (Oct. 2009Sep. 2010=100)
Volume index (Oct. 2009Sep. 2010=100)

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2011
405.7
130.7
123.3

Year
2012
445.5
143.5
132.2

2013
494.5
159.3
146.2

2014
493.2
158.9
147.0

Housing
Stock of permanent living quarters by type ('000):
2010
747
392
1 452
2 591

Public rental housing units

Subsidised sale flats
Private permanent quarters(1)
Total permanent living quarters

As at end of September of the year

2011
2012
2013
748
766
781
391
391
392
1 465
1 480
1 490
2 603
2 637
2 663

2014
784
395
1 509
2 688

(1) Figures include private residential flats, villas/bungalows/modern village houses, simple stone structures/traditional village houses, quarters in purpose-built staff
quarters buildings and quarters known to be used for residential purpose in non-residential buildings (such as commercial buildings and industrial buildings).
Quarters known to be used for non-residential purposes and those in hotels and accommodation used for inmates of institutions are excluded.

Government Accounts and Finance

Government revenue and expenditure (HK$ billion):
Actual
2010-11
376.5
301.4
595.4

Government revenue
Government expenditure
Fiscal reserves (as at 31 March)

Actual
2011-12
437.7
364.0
669.1

Actual
2012-13
442.1
377.3
733.9

Actual
2013-14
455.3
433.5
755.7

Revised
estimate
2014-15
470.7
397.1
819.6

Foreign currency reserve assets:

2010
268.7
38,108
28.7

Foreign currency reserve assets (US$ billion)

Per capita (US$)
In terms of months of retained imports of goods
(no. of months)
Ratio to currency in circulation

8.9

As at end of year
2011
2012
285.4
317.4
40,127
44,214
25.9
27.9
8.2

8.1

2013
311.2
43,093
26.2

2014
328.5
45,224#
26.1#

7.1

7.2

2013

2014

Money supply (HK$ billion):

2010

As at end of year
2011
2012

M1
Hong Kong dollar
Foreign currency
Total

730.1
287.1
1,017.2

794.7
332.6
1,127.3

920.9
456.4
1,377.4

1,000.3
510.6
1,510.9

1,116.7
590.9
1,707.6

Hong Kong dollar(1)

Foreign currency(2)
Total

3,878.2
3,278.1
7,156.3

4,055.4
4,025.7
8,081.1

4,545.6
4,424.8
8,970.4

4,806.0
5,279.2
10,085.2

5,236.2
5,813.5
11,049.7

2013

2014

M3

(1) Adjusted to include foreign currency swap deposits.

(2) Adjusted to exclude foreign currency swap deposits.

Deposits, loans and advances of authorized institutions:

2010
Number of authorized institutions in operation
Licensed banks
Restricted licence banks
Deposit-taking companies

As at end of year
2011
2012

145
21
26

149
19
26

153
21
24

155
21
24

159
20
23

Deposits from customers (HK$ billion)

Licensed banks
Restricted licence banks
Deposit-taking companies

6,843.8
12.6
5.9

7,567.7
17.2
6.4

8,276.0
13.3
7.0

9,151.6
21.1
7.3

10,039.4
27.2
7.3

Loans and advances to customers (HK$ billion)

Licensed banks
Restricted licence banks
Deposit-taking companies

4,170.1
31.1
26.5

5,020.5
34.4
25.8

5,503.9
35.5
27.5

6,384.3
43.5
29.0

7,194.6
51.1
30.4

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Exchange rates(1):

Hong Kong dollar per unit of foreign currency

Chinese renminbi
US dollar
Euro
Japanese yen

2010

2011

Year
2012

2013

2014

1.1503
7.769
10.31
0.0888

1.2069
7.784
10.84
0.0978

1.2304
7.756
9.97
0.0973

1.2635
7.756
10.30
0.0796

1.2590
7.754
10.30
0.0734

2010

2011

Year
2012

2013

2014

99.5

94.6

94.9

94.9

96.0

(1) Figures are the averages of the daily closing middle-market rates for the respective years.

Effective Exchange Rate Index:

Effective Exchange Rate Index for the Hong Kong dollar(1)
(Jan. 2010=100)
Trade (import and export)weighted

(1) The Effective Exchange Rate Index for the Hong Kong dollar is derived from the weighted average of nominal exchange rates of the Hong Kong dollar against 15
major currencies. The weights used are based on the average trade pattern of 2009 to 2010.

Value of stock exchange turnover, market capitalisation and index of share prices(1):
Main Board
Turnover (HK$ billion)
Market capitalisation(2) (HK$ billion)
Hang Seng Index (31.7.1964=100)
High
Low
Closing
Hang Seng Composite Index (3.1.2000=2 000)
High
Low
Closing
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (3.1.2000=2 000)
High
Low
Closing

2010
17,076.4
20,942.3

2011
17,091.1
17,452.7

Year
2012
13,267.5
21,871.7

2013
15,185.8
23,908.8

2014
16,990.3
24,892.4

24 964.4
18 985.5
23 035.5

24 419.6
16 250.3
18 434.4

22 666.6
18 185.6
22 656.9

24 038.6
19 814.0
23 306.4

25 318.0
21 182.2
23 605.0

3 516.5
2 621.3
3 248.2

3 425.0
2 191.7
2 546.6

3 113.1
2 502.6
3 113.1

3 348.7
2 725.7
3 260.7

3 453.8
2 964.4
3 267.3

14 204.1
10 729.1
12 692.4

13 684.1
8 102.6
9 936.5

11 826.8
9 020.3
11 436.2

12 215.0
8 871.3
10 816.1

12 019.8
9 203.1
11 984.7

2010

2011

Year
2012

2013

2014

1 479
154 263
114 447
39 816
17 050
29
172 821

1 442
157 841
120 185
37 656
15 906

175 190

1 463
154 699
117 448
37 251
15 978

172 140

1 488
162 275
116 071
46 205
15 655*

179 419*

1 585
184 185
130 527
53 657
15 131

200 901

2 649
113 552
67 557
45 995
12 610
7
128 817

2 496
119 603
74 742
44 862
10 811

132 910

2 562
114 583
71 412
43 172
10 237

127 383

2 639
113 780
68 168
45 612
9 902*

126 321*

2 791
113 552
66 793
46 758
9 240

125 583

(1) All high and low indices are compiled based on the daily closing indices of the year.
(2) Figures are as at end of the year.

Transport, Communications and Tourism

Inward and outward movements of cargo ('000 tonnes):

Discharged
By air
By water(1)
By ocean
By river
By road
By rail(2)(3)
Total
Loaded
By air
By water(1)
By ocean
By river
By road
By rail(2)(3)
Total

(1) Ocean refers to transport by vessels operating beyond the river trade limits, while river refers to transport by vessels operating exclusively within the river trade
limits.
(2) Figures exclude livestock.
(3) The MTR Corporation Limited had terminated the railway cross-boundary cargo transportation services from 16 June 2010 onwards.

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Port container throughput ('000 20-foot equivalent units):

Year
2012
11 707
11 411
23 117

2013
11 474
10 878
22 352

2014
11 271
10 955
22 226

Average daily public transport passenger journeys by different modes of transport ('000):
Year
2010
2011
2012
Franchised bus
3 777
3 788
3 833
Mass Transit Railway (MTR)
3 871
4 071
4 255
MTR bus (Northwest New Territories)
112
120
126
Red minibus and green minibus
1 881
1 895
1 880
Taxi
982
996
956
Tramway(1)
227
216
202
Light Rail
423
442
457
136
136
135
Ferry(2)
Residents services
222
233
234
Total
11 630
11 898
12 079

2013
3 908
4 395
131
1 864
1 010
198
470
136
238
12 350

2014
3 914
4 603
138
1 857#
965#
182
477
135
237#
12 508#

2010
11 951
11 748
23 699

Inward
Outward
Total

2011
12 294
12 090
24 384

(1) Peak tramway is basically a tourist and recreational facility and its patronage is not included in the public transport statistics from the reference month of January
2014. The public transport statistics from 1989 to 2013 is revised accordingly.
(2) Ferry includes franchised and licensed services but excludes kaitos.

Access to information and communication technology(1):

Number of telephone lines(2) ('000)
Business
Residential
Total
Number of fixed telephone lines per 1 000 population
Number of facsimile lines ('000)
Number of public mobile subscribers(3) ('000)
Public mobile subscribers per 1 000 population(3)
Number of 2.5G/3G/4G public mobile subscribers(4) ('000)
Average volume of mobile data usage per 2.5G/3G/4G
subscriber per month(5) (megabytes)
Number of licensed Internet service providers (ISPs)(6)
Number of customers of licensed ISPs(7)
Registered customer accounts with dial-up access(8)
('000)
Registered broadband Internet access customer
accounts ('000)
Fixed Internet subscribers per 1 000 population
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1 000
population
Mobile broadband subscribers per 1 000 population
International Internet bandwidth per person(5) (kilobits per
second (kbps))
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)

2010

2011

Year
2012

1 854
2 407
4 260
604
260
13 416
[6 816]
1 902
[967]
6 249
296

1 840
2 412
4 252
598
233
14 931
[7 166]
2 099
[1 008]
8 127
509

1 844
2 404
4 247
592
214
16 393
[7 634]
2 284
[1 064]
10 063
763

184

185

186

197

201

742

789

794

462

239

2 127

2 245

2 265

2 232

2 269

407
302

427
316

426
315

373
309

346#
312#

745
620.9

1 043
913.1

1 307
1 314.4

1 677
1 881.7

1 743#
2 928.6#

2013

2014

1 839
2 478
4 317
598
202
17 194
[7 847]
2 381
[1 087]
12 352*
977*

1 838
2 483
4 321
595#
188
17 372
[7 851]
2 391#
[1 081]#
12 748
1 244

Unless otherwise specified, figures are as at end of the year.

Figures include direct dialing in lines, facsimile lines, datel lines and subscribers of Internet Protocol (IP) telephony/voice-over-IP (VoIP) services.
Including pre-paid SIM cards. Figures excluding pre-paid SIM cards are presented in square brackets.
Figures include subscribers of pre-paid SIM cards.
Figures refer to December of the respective years.
Including all licensees authorised to provide Internet access services.
Estimated figures are based on the return from the ISPs and do not include users who are not customers of the licensed ISPs.
Excluding Internet pre-paid calling cards.

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Arrivals and departures of passengers by mode of transport ('000):

Arrivals
By air
By sea(1)
By land
Total
Departures
By air
By sea(1)
By land
Total

2010

2011

Year
2012

2013

2014

17 030
12 209
91 287
120 526

18 160
12 797
95 778
126 734

19 346
12 647
101 955
133 948

20 905
12 768
105 066
138 739

22 034
12 676
110 591
145 302

16 241
13 653
90 546
120 441

17 334
14 495
94 840
126 670

18 426
14 732
100 620
133 778

20 046
15 008
103 609
138 663

21 197
15 683
108 375
145 255

2010
205
1 750
769
1 758
212
2 208
3 501
2 165
22 684
780

36 030

2011
194
1 821
758
1 801
199
2 305
3 751
2 149
28 100
843

41 921

Year
2012
174
1 778
741
1 868
186
2 333
3 652
2 089
34 911
883
1
48 615

2013
169
1 666
717
1 894
191
2 141
3 718
2 100
40 745
958

54 299

2014
167
1 679
715
1 863
189
2 330
3 615
2 032
47 248
1 002

60 839

Year
2012
20.6
51.8

2013
20.2
50.9

2014
19.6
50.5

3.7
3.9
20.1
100.0

3.4
4.4
21.1
100.0

3.2
4.6
22.0
100.0

(1) Including helicopter passengers to/from Macao.

Visitor arrivals by country/territory of residence ('000):

Africa
The Americas
Australia, New Zealand & South Pacific
Europe
Middle East
North Asia
South & Southeast Asia
Taiwan
The mainland of China
Macao SAR
Not identified
Total

Less than 500 arrivals.

Education
Distribution of educational attainment of population aged 15 and over(1) (%):

Primary and below

Secondary(2)
Post-secondary
Diploma/Certificate course
Sub-degree course
Degree course
Total

2010
22.1
52.0

2011
21.2
52.0

7.4

7.4

18.5
100.0

19.4
100.0

(1) Figures are compiled based on data collected in the General Household Survey from January to December of the year concerned as well as the mid-year
population estimates by District Council district compiled jointly by the Census and Statistics Department and an inter-departmental Working Group on Population
Distribution Projections.
(2) Persons with educational attainment at secondary level refer to those with Secondary 1 to Secondary 7 education or equivalent level.

Law and Order

Reported crimes by type of offence:

Violent crime
Non-violent crime
Total
Overall crime rate (per 100 000 population)
Violent crime rate (per 100 000 population)

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2010
13 546
62 419
75 965

2011
13 100
62 836
75 936

Year
2012
12 821
63 109
75 930

2013
12 153
60 758
72 911

2014
11 073
56 667
67 740

1 081
193

1 074
185

1 061
179

1 014
169

935
153

Health
Hospital beds and selected types of registered healthcare professionals (per 1 000 population):
As at end of year
2010
2011
2012
Hospital beds
Cap. 165 Ordinance definition(1)
5.0
5.1
5.1
OECD definition(2)
4.0
4.0
4.0
1.8
1.8
1.8
Doctors(3)
Chinese medicine practitioners
Registered Chinese medicine practitioners(4)
0.9
0.9
0.9

Chinese medicine practitioners with limited

registration(5)
0.4
0.4
0.4
Listed Chinese medicine practitioners(6)
0.3
0.3
0.3
Dentists(3)
Nurses(7)
5.7
5.8
6.1
Pharmacists
0.3
0.3
0.3

2013

2014#

5.1
4.0
1.8

5.1
4.0
1.8

0.9

0.9

0.4
0.3
6.3
0.3

0.4
0.3
6.6
0.3

(1) Figures include all hospital beds in Hospital Authority hospitals, private hospitals, nursing homes and correctional institutions, which follow the coverage of the
Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Maternity Homes Registration Ordinance, Cap. 165, Laws of Hong Kong.
(2) Figures include only hospital beds in Hospital Authority hospitals and private hospitals excluding accident and emergency observation beds, day beds and
nursery beds, which follow the definition of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
(3) Figures refer to the doctors/dentists with full registration on the local and overseas lists.
(4) After full implementation of the Chinese Medicine Ordinance, Cap. 549, Laws of Hong Kong, all Chinese medicine practitioners (CMPs) should be registered
before they can practise Chinese medicine in Hong Kong. Any person who wishes to be a registered CMP should have satisfactorily completed an approved
undergraduate degree course of training in Chinese medicine practice, taken and passed the Licensing Examination.
(5) CMPs with limited registration are allowed to perform clinical teaching and research in Chinese medicine in the specified educational and scientific research
institutions. The registration period of CMPs with limited registration should not exceed one year and they cannot engage in private practice with patients.
(6) Listed CMPs can practise lawfully in Hong Kong under the transitional arrangements for registration of CMPs until a date to be announced by the Secretary for
Food and Health in the Gazette. Listed CMPs may become registered CMPs through direct registration, registration assessment or licensing examination during
the transitional arrangements.
(7) Figures refer to registered nurses and enrolled nurses.
Less than 0.05.

Key Indicators

Mid-year population
Number of households
Labour force
Real Wage Index (Dec. of the year)
Value of total exports
Value of imports
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
at current market prices@
in chained (2012) dollars@
Per capita GDP at current market prices@
Composite Consumer Price Index
Volume index of total retail sales
Money Supply M3@
Public mobile subscribers (excluding pre-paid SIM cards) per 1 000 population#
Visitor arrivals

Average annual rate of change

2009-2014
(%)
+0.8
+1.1
+1.2
+0.4
+8.3
+9.4
+6.2
+3.7
+5.4
+4.1
+10.3
+10.8
+3.5
+15.5

Further Information
Figures presented in this fact sheet refer to those released up to end-April 2015. Readers who would like to obtain current
statistical information on Hong Kong may visit the Hong Kong Statistics section of the Census and Statistics Department
website (www.censtatd.gov.hk/hkstat/sub/bbs.jsp). The section is regularly updated and it also provides hyperlinks to
relevant government websites for facilitating retrieval of other official statistics of Hong Kong.
The following notes are used in this fact sheet :
There may be a slight discrepancy between the sum of individual items and the total as shown in the tables due to rounding.
#
Provisional figures
@ Figures are subject to revision later on
Revised figures
*
Not applicable

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