Principal Statistical Indicators
 
Items
1990 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Population and Demographics Characteristics





 
Mid-year Estimates Population (1000 persons) 335 419 426 434 43.1 43.4
Crude Birth Rate (%o) 20.5 12.0 10.4 9.6 8.9 7.5
Crude Mortality (%o) 4.4 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1
Labour





 
Active Population (1000 persons) 168.6 207.1 210.7 216.2 214.6 221
Labour Force Participation Rate (%) 66.6 65.8 65.3 64.7 63.4 64.0
Unemployment Rate (%) 3.2 3.2 4.6 6.4 6.8 6.4
Underemployment Rate (%) 2.3 0.8 1.5 1.3 2.9 3.5
Employed Population (1000 persons) 163.3 200.6 201 202.5 200.1 200.7
Manufacturing 53.2 41.4 41.5 44.5 39.3 46
Wholesale and Retail Trade
35.2 31.3 33.5 31.3 30.9 31
Restaurants and Hotels
21.9 23.2 21.7 21.6 23
Community, Social and Personal Services 45.0 62.5 52.3 56.6 57.9 58
External Trade





 
Exports (Million MOP) 13638 17129 17084 17580 20380 18470
Domestic Exports (Million MOP)
15048 14904 15044 17081 15130
Reexports (Million MOP)
2081 2180 2536 3300 3350
Imports (Million MOP) 12343 16603 15596 16300 18098 19170
Terms of Trade Index (1996=100) 100.7 98.9 102.2 103.1 100.7 100.0
Industrial Production





 
Electricity Consumption (Million kwh)
150.6 176.7 168.3 146.8  
Construction (Private Sector)





 
Units Completed and Expanded (No.) 11574 9096 8321 5389 3146 2622
Gross Floor Area Completed and Expanded (m2)
1056671 1149961 969192 668778 370315 404000
Units Newly Commenced Work (No.)
7684 3825 3605 1167 812
Gross Floor Area Newly Commenced Work (m2)

853251 569987 406925 202776 158000
Number of Units Sold (No.) 8463 14304 12776 11039 10221 27016
Deed of Real Estate Transacted (No.) 8559 12255 13361 12230 12484 12992
Real Estate Mortgage Loans (No.) 6610 8511 8696 7363 7367 8206
Transport, Communications, Tourism





 
Lorries Passing Through the Border Gate (1000 units) 264.3 291 243.1 241.9 454.1* 458
Licensed Vehicles (1000) 51.2 96.3 107.3 114.2 114.2 116
Telephone Lines (1000) 96.4 222.5 251.1 300.1 320.9 371
Visitors (1000) 5942.2 7000.4 6948.5 7443.9 9162.2 10279
Hotel Occupancy Rate (%) 69 50 51 53 58 61
Government Accounts,




 
Montary and Finance (Million MOP)            
Total Government Revenue 5998 15001 15548 16943 15339  
Total Government Expenditure 5490 14241 15506 16636 15024  
Money Supply (M2)




 
MOP 6947 24180 25796 28169 23824  
HKD 14990 41599 45530 46702 47391  
Other Currencies 8652 12579 14891 15268 18980  
Total 30589 78358 86217 90140 90194  
Loans/advances to resident firms & individuals 15743 47804 47271 46005 43867  
Consumer Price Index (Excluding Rent)





 
(Jul/95 - Jun/96=100)




 
Composite Consumer Price Index 65.25 102.82 103.00 99.71 96.98  
Consumer Price Index (A)
104.25 105.40 102.37 98.59  
Consumer Price Index (B)
103.28 103.84 100.76 97.78  
Housing (End of period balance)





 
Social Housing (No.) 4871 7420 7824 9084 9084  
Education





 
Pre-primary Education (No. of Students) 20814 18291 17354
14978
 
Primary Education (No. of Students) 34972 47235 48269
45474
 
Secondary Education (No. of Students) 17601 28280 31782
38156
 
Higher Education (No. of Students) 7425 8381 10014
8358
 
Health





 
Registered Deaths (No.) 1482 1293 1356 1374 1338 1327
Deaths of Heart Diseases (No.)
304 292 274 357 291
Deaths of Cancers (No.) 283 325 335 366 370 401
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 registered live births) 8.4 5.4 6.1 4.1 2.9 4.3
Social Security





 
Contributors
7066 7360 7609 8451 8919
Number of Payments Granted
107779 129742 157889 163363 177000
Amount of Payments Granted (1000 MOP)
89981 111461 147164 201912 220000
Criminality





 
Number of Crimes 5514 8162 8487 9262 8925 8905
Number of Prisoners (as at end of year) 719 657 711 788 847 886
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
           
At Constant (1996) Prices            
Expenditure-based GDP Real Growth Rate (%) 8.0 -0.3 -4.6 -2.9 4.6 2.1
GDP (Million MOP) 41738 55139 52580 51074 53385 54520
GDP per Capita (MOP) 124606 131613 123341 117327 116000 115000
At Current Prices            
Expenditure-based GDP Nominal Growth Rate (%) 18.6 1.1 -7.1 -5.2 1.5  
GDP (Million MOP)
26175 55894 51902 49210 49828  
GDP per Capita (MOP) 78144 133416 121750 113044 113847