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Unemployment rate in Hong Kong

How hard is it to have a job there?

Hong Kong's unemployment rate is 2.80 % — #18 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

2.80%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Hong Kong over time

7.86 %5.33 %2.80 %7.86 % · 20032000: 4.92 %2001: 5.09 %2002: 7.28 %2003: 7.86 %2004: 6.74 %2005: 5.58 %2006: 4.77 %2007: 4.01 %2008: 3.56 %2009: 5.26 %2010: 4.33 %2011: 3.42 %2012: 3.29 %2013: 3.40 %2014: 3.30 %2015: 3.31 %2016: 3.39 %2017: 3.12 %2018: 2.81 %2019: 2.92 %2020: 5.81 %2021: 5.17 %2022: 4.32 %2023: 2.95 %2024: 2.99 %2025: 2.80 %2000201220252.80 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#18 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
85 %
106 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.19 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
5.06 pp
peak 7.86 % in 2003
Full series
▼ 2.12 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #11 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −2.46 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Hong Kong: ahead of 85 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentHong Kong 2.80 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Hong Kong is ahead of 85 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Hong Kong
16 Mexico2.67 %−0.13 pp
17 South Korea2.68 %−0.12 pp
18 Hong Kong2.80 %—
19 Singapore2.82 %+0.02 pp
20 Czech Republic2.83 %+0.03 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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