Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Prices
Domestic Sector Commerce
External Trade Labour
Gross National Product (GNP) Population
Balance of Payments Account

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

In the first quarter of 2010, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 8.2% in real terms over a year earlier, compared with the 2.5% increase in the fourth quarter of 2009. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

4th Qtr 2009

+2.5%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms


Current

1st Qtr 2010

+8.2%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - click to enlarge
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)


Domestic Sector

Private consumption expenditure

Private consumption expenditure increased by 6.5% in real terms in the first quarter of 2010 over a year earlier, compared with the 4.8% growth in the fourth quarter of 2009. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

4th Qtr 2009

+4.8%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms


Current

1st Qtr 2010

+6.5%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms

Private consumption expenditure - click to enlarge
Private consumption expenditure

Gross domestic fixed capital formation

Gross domestic fixed capital formation increased by 10.5% in real terms in the first quarter of 2010, following the 14.1% increase in the fourth quarter of 2009. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

4th Qtr 2009

+14.1%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms


Current

1st Qtr 2010

+10.5%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms

Gross domestic fixed capital formation - click to enlarge
Gross domestic fixed capital formation


External Trade

Total exports of goods

In May 2010, the volume of Hong Kong's re-exports of goods increased by 19.3% over May 2009, while that of domestic exports increased by 14.5%. Taken together, the volume of total exports of goods increased by 19.2%. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

Apr 2010

+16.7%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms


Current

May 2010

+19.2%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms

Total exports of goods - click to enlarge
Total exports of goods

Domestic exports of goods

In May 2010, the volume of Hong Kong's domestic exports of goods increased by 14.5% over May 2009. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

Apr 2010

+8.6%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms


Current

May 2010

+14.5%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms

Domestic exports of goods - click to enlarge
Domestic exports of goods

Re-exports of goods

In May 2010, the volume of Hong Kong's re-exports of goods increased by 19.3% over May 2009. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

Apr 2010

+16.9%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms


Current

May 2010

+19.3%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms

Re-exports of goods - click to enlarge
Re-exports of goods

Imports of goods

In May 2010, the volume of Hong Kong's imports of goods increased by 22.7% over May 2009. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

Apr 2010

+21.5%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms


Current

May 2010

+22.7%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms

Imports of goods - click to enlarge
Imports of goods

Exports of services

Exports of services increased by 17.9% in real terms in the first quarter of 2010 over a year earlier, compared with the 8.9% increase in the fourth quarter of 2009. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

4th Qtr 2009

+8.9%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms


Current

1st Qtr 2010

+17.9%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms

Exports of services - click to enlarge
Exports of services

Imports of services

Imports of services increased by 10.2% in real terms in the first quarter of 2010. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

4th Qtr 2009

+2.5%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms


Current

1st Qtr 2010

+10.2%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms

Imports of services - click to enlarge
Imports of services


Gross National Product (GNP)

Gross National Product (GNP)

After netting out the effect of price changes, Hong Kong's GNP increased by 12.3% in real terms in the first quarter of 2010 over a year earlier, compared with a decrease of 1.0% in the fourth quarter of 2009. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

4th Qtr 2009

-1.0%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms


Current

1st Qtr 2010

+12.3%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms

Gross National Product (GNP) - click to enlarge
Gross National Product (GNP)


Balance of Payments Account

Balance of Payments (BoP) account

Hong Kong recorded a surplus amounting to $20.2 billion in its Balance of Payments account (at 4.8% of GDP) in the first quarter of 2010, compared with a surplus of $230.6 billion (at 51.8% of GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2009. At the end of the first quarter of 2010, Hong Kongˇ¦s net International Investment Position amounted to $5,624.2 billion (at 337% of GDP). (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

4th Qtr 2009

+230.6

(HK$ billion)


Current

1st Qtr 2010

+20.2

(HK$ billion)

Balance of Payments Account - click to enlarge
Balance of Payments Account


Prices

Consumer Price Index (CPI)

According to the Composite CPI, overall consumer prices rose by 2.8% in June 2010 over the same month a year earlier. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the average monthly rate of change in the Composite CPI for the 3-month period from April to June 2010 was 0.1%. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

May 2010

+2.5%

year-on-year
% change


Current

Jun 2010

+2.8%

year-on-year
% change

Consumer Price Index (CPI) - click to enlarge
Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Implicit price deflator of GDP (or GDP deflator)

The implicit price deflator of GDP, as a broad measure of overall inflation in the economy, increased by 0.9% in the first quarter of 2010 over a year earlier, after the 0.2% increase in the fourth quarter of 2009. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

4th Qtr 2009

+0.2%

year-on-year
% change


Current

1st Qtr 2010

+0.9%

year-on-year
% change

Implicit price deflator of GDP - click to enlarge
Implicit price deflator of GDP


Commerce

Retail sales

After netting out the effect of price changes, the volume of total retail sales increased by 16.2 % (provisional) in May 2010 when compared with a year earlier. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

Apr 2010

+12.4%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms


Current

May 2010

+16.2%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms
(provisional)

Retail sales - click to enlarge
Retail sales

Restaurant receipts

After discounting the effect of price changes, total restaurant receipts rose by 4.3% in volume in the first quarter of 2010 as compared to a year earlier. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods



Previous

4th Qtr 2009

+1.4%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms


Current

1st Qtr 2010

+4.3%

year-on-year
% change
in real terms

Restaurant receipts - click to enlarge
Restaurant receipts


Labour

Total labour force

Total labour force increased by around 8 300 from 3 655 700 in March - May 2010 to 3 664 000 (provisional figure) in April - June 2010. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

Mar - May
2010

3 655.7

('000)


Current

Apr - Jun
2010

3 664.0

('000)
(provisional figure)

Total labour force - click to enlarge
Total labour force

Employed population

Total employment increased by around 8 800 from 3 483 300 in March - May 2010 to 3 492 100 (provisional figure) in April - June 2010. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

Mar - May
2010

3 483.3

('000)


Current

Apr - Jun
2010

3 492.1

('000)
(provisional figure)

Employed population - click to enlarge
Employed population

Unemployed population

The number of unemployed persons (not seasonally adjusted) decreased by around 600 from 172 400 in March - May 2010 to 171 800 (provisional figure) in April - June 2010. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

Mar - May
2010

172.4

('000)


Current

Apr - Jun
2010

171.8

('000)
(provisional figure)

Unemployed population - click to enlarge
Unemployed population

Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 4.6% (provisional figure) in April - June 2010, same as that in March - May 2010. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

Mar - May
2010

4.6%


Current

Apr - Jun
2010

4.6%


(provisional figure)

Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate and Underemployment rate - click to enlarge
Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate
and Underemployment rate

Underemployment rate

The underemployment rate remained at 2.0% (provisional figure) in April - June 2010, same as that in March - May 2010. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

Mar - May
2010

2.0%


Current

Apr - Jun
2010

2.0%


(provisional figure)


Labour wages

The average wage rate for all the selected industry sections surveyed, as measured by the wage index, rose by 1.9% in nominal terms in March 2010 over a year earlier. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

Dec 2009

+0.8%

year-on-year
% change
in nominal terms


Current

Mar 2010

+1.9%

year-on-year
% change
in nominal terms

Labour wages - click to enlarge
Labour wages


Population

Population

The provisional estimate of the Hong Kong population was 7 026 400 at end-2009, representing an increase of 37 500 or 0.5% over end-2008. (Full press release)

*Detailed statistics
*Concepts and Methods


Previous

Mid - 2009

7 003.7

('000)


Current

End - 2009

7 026.4

('000)
(provisional)

Population - click to enlarge
Population