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Hong Kong

71 series · 1800–2025 · High income · East Asia & Pacific

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National accounts

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Nominal GDPMillions of local currencynGDP1947–20253,317,897 (2025)
Nominal GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsnGDP_USD1950–2025425,560 (2025)
Real GDPMillions of local currencyrGDP1947–20252,700,131 (2025)
Real GDP per capitaConstant local currency per personrGDP_pc1947–2025360,070 (2025)
Real GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsrGDP_USD1947–2025348,295 (2025)
DeflatorIndex, 2015 = 100deflator1947–2025122.9 (2025)
Real GDP per capita (USD)US dollars per personrGDP_pc_USD1947–202546,446 (2025)

Consumption and investment

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Total consumptionMillions of local currencycons1960–20252,616,764 (2025)
Total consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcons_GDP1960–202578.9 (2025)
Total consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarscons_USD1960–2025335,631 (2025)
Household consumptionMillions of local currencyhcons1960–20252,197,352 (2025)
Household consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPhcons_GDP1960–202566.2 (2025)
Household consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarshcons_USD1960–2025281,837 (2025)
Government consumptionMillions of local currencygcons1960–2025419,411 (2025)
Government consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgcons_GDP1960–202512.6 (2025)
Government consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarsgcons_USD1960–202553,794 (2025)
Gross capital formationMillions of local currencyinv1947–2025596,095 (2025)
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPinv_GDP1947–202518.0 (2025)
Gross capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsinv_USD1950–202576,456 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formationMillions of local currencyfinv1961–2025552,066 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)Percent of GDPfinv_GDP1961–202516.6 (2025)
Gross fixed capital formation (USD)Millions of US dollarsfinv_USD1961–202570,809 (2025)

External sector

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
ExportsMillions of local currencyexports1921–20256,637,018 (2025)
Exports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPexports_GDP1947–2025200.0 (2025)
Exports (USD)Millions of US dollarsexports_USD1921–2025851,277 (2025)
ImportsMillions of local currencyimports1921–20256,519,309 (2025)
Imports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPimports_GDP1947–2025196.5 (2025)
Imports (USD)Millions of US dollarsimports_USD1921–2025836,179 (2025)
Current accountMillions of local currencyCA1970–2025405,584 (2025)
Current account (% of GDP)Percent of GDPCA_GDP1970–202512.2 (2025)
USD exchange rateLocal currency per US dollarUSDfx1843–20257.80 (2025)
Real effective exchange rateIndex, 2015 = 100REER1969–2025108.3 (2025)
Current account (USD)Millions of US dollarsCA_USD1970–202552,021 (2025)

Government finances

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Government expenditureMillions of local currencygovexp1947–2025770,640 (2025)
General government expenditureMillions of local currencygen_govexp1961–2025770,640 (2025)
General government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govexp_GDP1961–202523.2 (2025)
Central government expenditureMillions of local currencycgovexp1947–1954373.3 (1954)
Central government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovexp_GDP1947–19549.33 (1954)
Government revenueMillions of local currencygovrev1947–2025612,533 (2025)
General government revenueMillions of local currencygen_govrev1961–2025612,533 (2025)
Central government revenueMillions of local currencycgovrev1947–1954434.5 (1954)
General government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govrev_GDP1961–202518.5 (2025)
Central government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovrev_GDP1947–195410.9 (1954)
Government tax revenueMillions of local currencygovtax2002–2023395,740 (2023)
General government tax revenueMillions of local currencygen_govtax2002–2023395,740 (2023)
General government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govtax_GDP2002–202313.3 (2023)
Government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdef_GDP1981–2025-4.77 (2025)
General government deficit (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdef_GDP1981–2025-4.77 (2025)
General government deficitMillions of local currencygen_govdef1981–2025-158,107 (2025)
Government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovdebt_GDP2001–202511.9 (2025)
General government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgen_govdebt_GDP2001–202511.9 (2025)
General government debtMillions of local currencygen_govdebt2001–2025393,203 (2025)
Central government debt (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcgovdebt_GDP2001–202317.4 (2023)
Central government debtMillions of local currencycgovdebt2001–2023520,047 (2023)
Government debtMillions of local currencygovdebt2001–2025393,203 (2025)
Government deficitMillions of local currencygovdef1981–2025-158,107 (2025)
Government expenditure (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovexp_GDP1947–202523.2 (2025)
Government revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovrev_GDP1947–202518.5 (2025)
Government tax revenue (% of GDP)Percent of GDPgovtax_GDP2002–202313.3 (2023)

Money and interest rates

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Short-term interest ratePercentstrate1990–20252.45 (2025)
Central bank policy ratePercentcbrate1992–20254.00 (2025)
M0 (monetary base)Millions of local currencyM01852–20252,040,126 (2025)
M1Millions of local currencyM11954–20192,484,738 (2019)
M2Millions of local currencyM21867–202015,606,608 (2020)
M3Millions of local currencyM32004–202516,025,995 (2025)

Prices and labor markets

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
House price indexIndex, 2015 = 100HPI1979–2025101.4 (2025)
Real house price indexIndex, 2015 = 100rHPI1979–202584.7 (2025)
Consumer price indexIndex, 2015 = 100CPI1947–2025119.7 (2025)
InflationPercentinfl1948–20251.40 (2025)
PopulationMillions of peoplepop1800–20257.50 (2025)
Unemployment ratePercentunemp1975–20253.56 (2025)

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →