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General profile: China, Hong Kong SAR

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2023
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
7.443 Millions
..
380 812 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(u) 1 050 km²
2.10 %
3.28 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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-5.9 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2023
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchandise exports
292 119
400 692
510 486
573 871
Merchandise imports
300 160
441 369
558 770
653 696
Merchandise trade balance
-8 041
-40 677
-48 284
-79 825
Export structure by product group in 2023
(as % of total exports)
14 %14 %86 %86 %
Top 5 partners in 2023
(exports, millions of US$)
329 89734 84321 69417 95315 556329 89734 84321 69417 95315 556
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Services exports
47 373
80 539
104 357
(e) 97 645
Services imports
56 245
70 398
74 092
(e) 79 249
Services trade balance
-8 872
10 141
30 265
(e) 18 396
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Transport
43.2
37.1
28.5
(e) 30.9
Travel
21.7
27.6
34.6
(e) 21.4
Other services
34.8
35.0
36.5
(e) 47.4
TRADE INDICES
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911011191031011091081031001011039591877786858010010010010110010010010010099999999100101100101101
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+3.3 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2023
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
GDP, current
181 569
228 639
309 386
380 812
GDP per capita, current US$
26 282
32 195
42 000
51 166
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
7.39
6.77
2.39
3.28
Current account balance, % of GDP
11.88
7.00
3.32
9.24
Exchange rate (/US$)
7.777
7.769
7.752
..
GDP by expenditure in 2022
(as % of total GDP)
66.314.315.2194.5190.466.314.315.2194.5190.4
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+27.6 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2023
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2023
FDI inflows
34 057.83
70 540.74
174 352.89
112 675.60
FDI outflows
27 003.10
86 247.18
71 821.20
104 286.14
Personal remittances, % of GDP
0.16
0.15
0.13
0.11
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
426.3418.5453.1426.6451.2424.6436.9399.5386.8372.4360.2366.8351.6339.6347.8355.3316.9294.0296.8239.9119.7120.5152.8135.5112 676109 685140 186134 71073 714104 246110 685117 387174 353113 03874 29470 18096 58170 54155 53558 31558 40341 81134 05829 15417 8313 66229 06154 582FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Balance, % of GDP
12.22
5.88
2.39
(e) 0.50
Balance, % of imports
7.40
2.95
1.24
(e) 0.29
Normalized balance
0.036
0.015
0.006
(e) 0.001
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
353385403351356377377372389426443431422405348377362359343
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2023
(% of population)
Urban 100%Urban 100%Rural 0%
OTHER INDICATORS
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8.795 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2023
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2023
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
43 958
74 513
150 421
200 293
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
23 699 000
20 114 000
14 345 000
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2023
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
37.95
43.63
48.06
59.70
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
37.77
42.01
46.91
52.96
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
..
..
..
Source: UN Trade and Development, UNCTADstat (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
e
Estimated.
u
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 15 April 2025