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Hong Kong: Inflation

Percent · 1948–2025 · 78 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
1.40%percent
Change on 2024
−0.3 pointsfrom 1.73%
Average, 2016–2025
1.82%10 years
Record high and low
18.1% (1973)low −4.23% (1960)

Inflation

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20312.48Forecast
20302.38Forecast
20292.20Forecast
20282.10Forecast
20271.80Forecast
20262.10Forecast
20251.40
20241.73
20232.10
20221.88
20211.57
20200.325
20192.87
20182.41
20171.48
20162.42

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1948–2014
  • Bank for International Settlements1948–2025
  • World Bank (inflation)1980–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1982–2025
  • World Development Indicators1982–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2025
  • Bordo1991–1997
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Hong Kong documentation (PDF)

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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 →

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