| Summary of Key Statistics | |||||||
| Item | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | ||
| Population and Vital Events | |||||||
| Mid-year Population (10 000 persons) | 648.9 | 654.4 | 660.7 | 666.5 | 672.5 | ||
| Crude Birth Rate | 9.1 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.2 | ||
| Crude Death Rate | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.0 | ||
| Labor | |||||||
| Labor Force (10 000 persons) | 323.5 | 327.6 | 332.0 | 337.4 | 342.7 | ||
| Labor Force Participation Rate (%) | 61.3 | 61.3 | 61.3 | 61.4 | 61.4 | ||
| Unemployment Rate (%) | 2.2 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| Underemployment Rate (%) | 1.1 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| Number of Employed Persons in Selected | |||||||
| Industries (person) | |||||||
| (i) Manufacturing | 443000 | 379600 | 353900 | 333700 | 326400 | ||
| (ii) Construction | 303100 | 306600 | 286800 | 301700 | 291400 | ||
| (iii) Wholesale, Retail and Import/Export | |||||||
| Trades, Restaurants and Hotels | 960800 | 953500 | 935100 | 981700 | 981100 | ||
| (iv) Transport, Storage and Communications | 343400 | 349200 | 339400 | 356600 | 353400 | ||
| (v) Financing, Insurance, Real | |||||||
| Estate and Business Services | 405100 | 410300 | 437700 | 452700 | 478100 | ||
| (vi) Community, Social and Personal Services | 678200 | 695600 | 732900 | 754700 | 798900 | ||
| Real Wage Index (September 1992=100) | 104.5 | 104.4 | 109.0 | 112.8 | 114.6 | ||
| External Trade | |||||||
| Imports (HKD 100 million) | 16150.9 | 14290.9 | 13927.2 | 16579.6 | 15681.9 | ||
| Domestic Exports (HKD 100 million) | 2114.1 | 1884.5 | 1706.0 | 1809.7 | 1535.2 | ||
| Re-exports (HKD 100 million) | 12445.4 | 11592.0 | 11784.0 | 13917.2 | 13274.7 | ||
| Terms of Trade Index (2000=100) | 100.5 | 101.7 | 101.0 | 100.0 | 100.9 | ||
| Industrial Production | |||||||
| Index of Industrial Production (1986=100) | 120.6 | 110.1 | 103.1 | 102.5 | 98.0 | ||
| Industrial Electricity Consumption (terajoules) | 18965 | 18489 | 17547 | 17769 | 16759 | ||
| Industrial Gas Consumption (terajoules) | 911 | 888 | 914 | 982 | 1011 | ||
| Distributive Trades, Transport Servicesand Other Services | |||||||
| Value Added (HKD 100 million) | |||||||
| Wholesale | 158 | 131 | 138 | 125 | |||
| Retail | 384 | 264 | 271 | 288 | |||
| Import/Export | 2328 | 2065 | 1986 | 2254 | |||
| Transport and Related Services | 716 | 738 | 803 | 880 | |||
| Storage, Communications, Financing | |||||||
| (Except Banking) and Business Services | 1008 | 846 | 863 | 995 | |||
| Land, Building and Construction | |||||||
| Gross Value of Construction Work in | |||||||
| Nominal Terms (HKD 100 million) | 1315 | 1333 | 1264 | 1221 | 1140 | ||
| Private Residential Flats With | |||||||
| Consent to Commence Work (number) | 40962 | 33843 | 44323 | 31366 | 27274 | ||
| Consideration of Documents Received for Registration in the Land Registry (HKD 100 million) | |||||||
| Agreements for Sale and Purchase of | |||||||
| Building Units and Land | 9378 | 3646 | 2870 | 2430 | 2095 | ||
| Assignments of Building Units | 7904 | 3484 | 3001 | 2730 | 2435 | ||
| Assignments of Land | 938 | 243 | 357 | 199 | 230 | ||
| Housing | |||||||
| Housing Authority Rental Flats Newly | |||||||
| Completed (number) | 17917 | 9759 | 31806 | 47552 | 33629 | ||
| Home Ownership Scheme Residential Flats | |||||||
| Newly Completed (number) | 12040 | 3320 | 13778 | 23542 | 5080 | ||
| Transport, Communications and Tourism | |||||||
| Inward/Outward Movement of Goods | 8543130 | 8543123 | 8874750 | 9379793 | 9128786 | ||
| Vehicle (vehicle) | |||||||
| Inward and Outward Movements of Cargo | |||||||
| Total Discharged (10 000 tons) | 12722 | 12641 | 12794 | 13035 | 13249 | ||
| Total Loaded (10 000 tons) | 8091 | 7900 | 8175 | 8692 | 8605 | ||
| Container Throughput | 1457 | 1458 | 1621 | 1810 | 1783 | ||
| (10 000 TEUs) | (1439) | ||||||
| Motor Vehicles Licensed (vehicle) | 500228 | 500673 | 503974 | 516782 | 525376 | ||
| Telephone Lines (10 000 lines) | 362 | 371 | 384 | 395 | 393 | ||
| Visitor Arrivals(10 000 person-times) | 1127.3 | 1016.0 | 1132.8 | 1305.9 | 1372.5 | ||
| Hotel Room Occupancy Rate (%) | 76 | 76 | 79 | 83 | 79 | ||
| Public Accounts, Money and Finance (HKD 100 million) | |||||||
| Government's Reserve Balances | 4575 | 4343 | 4443 | 4303 | 3725 | ||
| Total Government Revenue | 2812 | 2161 | 2330 | 2251 | 1756 | ||
| Total Government Expenditure and Equity Investments | 1944 | 2394 | 2230 | 2329 | 2389 | ||
| Money Supply definition 3 (M3)# | |||||||
| Hong Kong Dollar | 16704 | 18262 | 19230 | 19990 | 20129 | ||
| Foreign Currency | 11552 | 12961 | 14388 | 16485 | 15321 | ||
| Total | 28256 | 31223 | 33618 | 36475 | 35450 | ||
| Loans and Advances for Use in Hong Kong # | 20373 | 19604 | 18198 | 18615 | 17901 | ||
| Effective Exchange Rate Indices for | |||||||
| Hong Kong Dollar | 98.0 | 103.4 | 100.9 | 101.7 | 104.7 | ||
| (trade-weighted) (Jan. 2000=100) | |||||||
| Consumer Price Indices (Oct. 1999-Sep. 2000 =100) | |||||||
| Composite Consumer Price index | 104.5 | 107.5 | 103.2 | 99.4 | 97.8 | ||
| Consumer Price Index (A) | 103.2 | 105.9 | 102.5 | 99.5 | 97.8 | ||
| Consumer Price Index (B) | 105.5 | 108.5 | 103.4 | 99.4 | 97.7 | ||
| Consumer Price Index (C) | 104.6 | 107.9 | 103.9 | 99.3 | 97.8 | ||
| Education | |||||||
| Student Enrolment in Primary Day School person) | 461911 | 476802 | 491851 | 493979 | 493075 | ||
| Student Enrolment in Secondary Day School (person) | 458118 | 455872 | 453465 | 456693 | 456455 | ||
| Student Enrolment in UGC-funded Institutions (person) | 86202 | 84538 | 83754 | 81472 | 82984 | ||
| Medical and Health | |||||||
| Registered Deaths (person) | 32079 | 32680 | 33387 | 33993 | 33305 | ||
| Deaths from Heart Diseases (person) | 4806 | 5060 | 5220 | 5537 | 5425 | ||
| Deaths from Malignant Neoplasms (person) | 10373 | 10691 | 10977 | 11222 | 10995 | ||
| Infant Mortality Rate (per 1 000 Registered Live Births) |
4.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| Social Welfare | |||||||
| Comprehensive Social Security Assistance | |||||||
| Number of Cases (case) | 195645 | 232819 | 228015 | 228263 | 247192 | ||
| Amount (HKD 100 million) | 94.41 | 130.29 | 136.23 | 135.60 | 144.05‡ | ||
| Social Security Allowances | |||||||
| Number of Cases (case) | 517865 | 526742 | 535452 | 550585 | 561208 | ||
| Amount (HKD 100 million) | 44.20 | 47.37 | 48.83 | 51.30 | 52.41 | ||
| Traffic Accident Victims Assistance | |||||||
| Number of Cases Authorized for Payment (case) | 5655 | 5809 | 5797 | 5998 | 6733 | ||
| Amount (HKD 10 000) | 13740 | 16480 | 13350 | 13000 | 14200 | ||
| Law and Order | |||||||
| Overall Reported Crime (case) | 67367 | 71962 | 76771 | 77245 | 73008 | ||
| Total Violent Crime (case) | 13749 | 14682 | 15705 | 14812 | 13551 | ||
| Total Offenders Arrested (person) | 41714 | 40422 | 40745 | 40930 | 38829 | ||
| Gross Domestic Product (GDP) | |||||||
| At Constant (2000) Market Prices | |||||||
| Annual Growth Rate (%) | 5.1 | -5.0 | 3.4 | 10.2 | 0.6 | ||
| GDP (HKD 100 million) | 11900 | 11308 | 11695 | 12883 | 12965 | ||
| Per-capita GDP (HKD) | 183374 | 172813 | 177019 | 193299 | 192793 | ||
| At Current Market Prices | |||||||
| Annual Growth Rate (%) | 11.0 | -4.8 | -2.6 | 3.4 | -0.7 | ||
| GDP (HKD 100 million) | 13445 | 12799 | 12461 | 12883 | 12790 | ||
| Per-capita GDP (HKD) | 207194 | 195585 | 188622 | 193299 | 190188 | ||
| Gross National Product (GNP) (10) | |||||||
| GNP at Current Market Prices (HKD 100 million) | 13550.21 | 13086.12 | 12809.11 | 13101.06 | 13151.32 | ||
| Per-capita GNP (HKD) | 208809 | 199980 | 193886 | 196565 | 195562 | ||
| Total Net External Factor Income Flows (HKD 100 million) | 104.75 | 287.62 | 347.77 | 217.68 | 361.37 | ||
| Balance of Payments Account | |||||||
| Current Account (HKD 100 million) | - | 342.83 | 934.47 | 709.60 | 915.25 | ||
| Capital and Financial Account (HKD 100 million) | - | -315.14 | -833.74 | -578.63 | -857.17 | ||
| Net Errors and Omissions) (HKD 100 million) | - | -27.70 | -100.74 | -130.97 | -58.08 | ||
| Overall Balance of Payments (HKD 100 million) | - | -525.81 (in deficit) |
778.67 (in surplus) |
783.21 (in surplus) |
365.30 (in surplus) |
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| International Investment Position | |||||||
| Net International InvestmentPosition (HKD 100 million) | - | - | - | 17295.47 | 21231.29 | ||
| External Financial Assets (HKD 100 million) | - | - | - | 88992.95 | 84877.70 | ||
| External Financial Liabilities (HKD 100 million) | - | - | - | 71697.49 | 63646.41 | ||