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IndicatorHKGHong Kong SAR, ChinaEast Asia & Pacific
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.61rank #91
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile79.7rank #18
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.06rank #143
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.22rank #103
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.23rank #125
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile83.2rank #16
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.61rank #91
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.05rank #143
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile76.7rank #60
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile82.3rank #8
Rule of Law0-100 percentile72.8rank #44
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.76rank #52
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.15rank #135
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.14rank #115
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile51.2rank #116
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.8rank #61
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment0.18%rank #181
Agriculture value added% GDP0.04%rank #186
Annual working hours per workerhours2,240.5rank #25
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker591,204.7rank #7
Current account balance% GDP13.3%rank #13
Employment-to-population ratio%53.6%rank #127
FDI net inflows% GDP30.8%rank #5
GDPcurrent US$427.31Brank #38
GDP growth%3.5%rank #88
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$56,983.1rank #19
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $68,724.6rank #13
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $69,435.8rank #12
Gross capital formation% GDP18.3%rank #103
Gross savings% GDP29.2%rank #35
High-technology exports% manuf. exports75.6%rank #3
Human capital indexindex3.3rank #36
Industry value added% GDP6.2%rank #184
Inflation%1.4%rank #43
Labour force participation rate%55.1%rank #135
Personal remittances received% GDP0.11%rank #144
R&D expenditure% GDP1.1%rank #2
Researchers in R&Dper million5,873.7rank #1
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.76rank #43
Trade openness% GDP396.6%rank #1
Unemployment% labor force2.8%rank #31
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%2.8%rank #34
Vulnerable employment% employment5.8%rank #16
Youth unemployment% ages 15-249%rank #59
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-249%rank #63
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop100%rank #1
Basic sanitation access% pop94.8%rank #79
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,827.7rank #111
Life expectancyyears85.4rank #3
Physiciansper 1k1.3rank #60
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k66rank #84
Undernourishment% pop3.1%rank #4
Education
Education spending% GDP3.8%rank #26
Expected years of schoolingyears16.9rank #26
Mean years of schoolingyears12.4rank #37
Primary completion rate% relevant age91.7%rank #73
Primary enrollment% gross103.2%rank #41
Secondary enrollment% gross107.2%rank #21
Tertiary enrollment% gross120.1%rank #3
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,0004.9rank #197
Fertility ratebirths/woman0.84rank #197
Median age of populationyears46.2rank #6
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.46rank #121
Populationpeople7.5Mrank #104
Population growth%-0.34%rank #192
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years89.1rank #2
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands6,090.6rank #119
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age47.8rank #164
Urban population%100%rank #1
Climate
CO₂ emissionst33.32Mrank #68
CO₂ per capitat4.5rank #73
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation33.7%rank #55
Electricity from hydro% generation0%rank #144
Electricity from solar% generation0.61%rank #136
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita6,359.1rank #29
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh675.5rank #171
Renewable electricity%1%rank #173
Renewable energy share%0.4%rank #169
Society
Asylum seekerspeople411rank #52
Female labor participation%51.8%rank #103
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10040.3rank #23
Gender Development Indexratio0.98rank #46
Homicide rateper 100k0.38rank #4
Human Development Index0-10.96rank #6
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.84rank #19
Internet users% pop95.8%rank #20
Life satisfaction0-105.6rank #87
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #1
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #1
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #2
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #7
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people236rank #137
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people245rank #44
Youth NEET rate%5.8%rank #9
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