Travel and tourism, transport, ICT, insurance and finance, electronics, machinery, automobiles, stone and textiles are major industries of Hong Kong.
In 2020, Services industry exports was valued at USD 66.9 billion for Hong Kong. Electronics export accounted for USD 32.5 billion, machinery for USD 19.3 billion, vehicles for USD 1.06 billion, chemicals for USD 6 billion, metals for USD 2.87 billion, minerals for USD 476 million, stone for USD 46.8 billion, textiles for USD 5.95 billion and agriculture for USD 6.62 billion in 2020.
Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. Its status is defined by the basic law (adopted in 1990 by the National People's Assembly of China), which serves as the "constitution" of the Territory, and which confers its scope to the "one country, two systems" principle. Hong Kong, officially and alternatively known by its initials H.K, is situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea.
Hong Kong is estimated to have population of 7.403 million in the year 2021 and expected to reach 7.595 million by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 0.43%.
Hong Kong’s real gross domestic product (GDP) was HKD 2,660.03 billion in 2020 and while recovering from the COVID-19 impact it increased by 6.03% to be around HKD 2,830.76 billion in 2021. It is further expected to increase by 2.76% and reach HKD 3,333.25 billion by 2027.
Hong Kong’s unemployment rate was 5.828% of total labor force in 2020. While recovering from COVID-19 pandemic the unemployment decreased by 12.60% and reached 5.176% in 2021. Unemployment is further estimated to decrease by a CAGR of 8.84% and reach 2.971% of total labor force in Hong Kong by 2027.
Hong Kong’s per capita GDP was estimated at USD 49,727.40 whereas purchasing power parity (PPP) based per capita GDP was estimated to be at USD 66,062.00 for the year 2021.
In 2021, Hong Kong government’s revenue was HKD 694.548 billion whereas the expenditure was HKD 699.401 billion. This resulted in Hong Kong government’s net lending / borrowing negative at HKD 4.852 billion in 2021 indicating that not enough financial resources were made available by the Hong Kong government to boost economic growth.
The current account balance for Hong Kong was estimated to be positive at USD 41.237 billion for the year 2021 and is expected to further decrease at a CAGR of 2.57% and reach USD 32.278 billion by 2027. This positive current account balance indicates that Hong Kong will remain a net lender to rest of the world till 2027.
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