HKD
Hong Kong
Hong Kong's government debt is 12.10 %, the 2nd lowest of 125. And its deposit rate is 0.20 %, the 3rd lowest of 70.
Of 18 fields published for Hong Kong, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
71 % of US prices
Money's value
65.20 %
100 saved in Hong Kong in 2000 buys what 65 buys today — 35 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Minimum wage
$1,186 PPP/mo
The law in Hong Kong sets the floor at about $1,186 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
What does borrowing actually cost here?
House price growth
6.20 %
Real house prices in Hong Kong rose 6.2 % over the past year — beyond general inflation.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
-1.24 %
A bank account in Hong Kong loses about 1.2 pp of purchasing power a year — the deposit rate trails inflation.
Deposit rate
0.20 %
Inflation rate
1.44 %
At 1.4 % a year, prices double in about 50 years if it holds.
Public holidays
17 days
ranked 10th of 104
Price level
71 % of US prices
ranked 102nd of 125
Where Hong Kong sits, field by field
Each dot is Hong Kong’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Government debt12.10 %2 of 125
- Deposit rate0.20 %68 of 70
- Money's value65.20 %7 of 116
- Public holidays17 days10 of 104
- GDP per capita$56,98318 of 127
- Unemployment rate2.80 %18 of 124
- Real policy rate2.81 %9 of 53
- Price level71 % of US prices102 of 125
- Minimum wage$1,186 PPP/mo18 of 90
- Lending rate5.18 %15 of 67
- Corporate tax16.50 %25 of 96
- Inflation rate1.44 %33 of 126
- Savings vs inflation-1.24 %52 of 70
- House price growth6.20 %40 of 54
- GDP growth3.49 %51 of 127
- Bank spread4.98 %28 of 62
- Currency-0.84 %33 of 71
- Debt per person$6,89565 of 124
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Saudi Arabia
avg gap 13.8 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: price level — 71 % of US prices (Hong Kong) vs 47 % of US prices
Cyprus
avg gap 15.3 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 12.10 % (Hong Kong) vs 55.00 %
Czech Republic
avg gap 16.3 pp · 18 shared fields
Most separates them: money's value — 65.20 % (Hong Kong) vs 46.70 %
Kuwait
avg gap 18.8 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $1,186 PPP/mo (Hong Kong) vs $408 PPP/mo
| Minimum wage | $1,186 PPP/mo | ranked 18th of 90 | |
| Lending rate | 5.18 % | ranked 15th of 67 | |
| Corporate tax | 16.50 % | ranked 25th of 96 | |
| Inflation rate | 1.44 % | ranked 33rd of 126 | |
| Savings vs inflation | -1.24 % | ranked 52nd of 70 | |
| House price growth | 6.20 % | ranked 40th of 54 | |
| GDP growth | 3.49 % | ranked 51st of 127 | |
| Bank spread | 4.98 % | ranked 28th of 62 | |
| Currency | -0.84 % | ranked 33rd of 71 | |
| Debt per person | $6,895 | ranked 65th of 124 |
✓ 18 fields published for Hong Kong, every one dated and sourced · 17 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Hong Kong: mortgage rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, monthly earnings, median earnings, median income, vat, top income tax.
Sources for all 18 figures
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Real policy rate — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2026-09
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- House price growth — BIS residential property prices · 2026-Q1
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Currency — Currency strength vs USD (own calculation from ECB reference-rate snapshots) · 2026-10-23
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
What changed
| 24 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.97 → -0.84 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.98 → -0.97 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -1 → -0.98 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -1.03 → -1 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -1.02 → -1.03 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.95 → -1.02 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.96 → -0.95 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | Real interest rate (policy − CPI) | 2.56 → 2.81 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | Policy rate | 4 → 4.25 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.93 → -0.96 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.9 → -0.93 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.84 → -0.9 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 6781 → 6895 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 11.9 → 12.1 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.87 → -0.84 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.83 → -0.87 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.81 → -0.83 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.83 → -0.81 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.82 → -0.83 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | -0.84 → -0.82 |