Unemployment rate: Hong Kong
2.799% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.799 |
| 2024 | 2.988 |
| 2023 | 2.949 |
| 2022 | 4.318 |
| 2021 | 5.174 |
| 2020 | 5.808 |
| 2019 | 2.917 |
| 2018 | 2.805 |
| 2017 | 3.124 |
| 2016 | 3.392 |
| 2015 | 3.314 |
| 2014 | 3.296 |
| 2013 | 3.4 |
| 2012 | 3.285 |
| 2011 | 3.422 |
| 2010 | 4.329 |
| 2009 | 5.26 |
| 2008 | 3.56 |
| 2007 | 4.01 |
| 2006 | 4.77 |
| 2005 | 5.58 |
| 2004 | 6.74 |
| 2003 | 7.86 |
| 2002 | 7.28 |
| 2001 | 5.09 |
| 2000 | 4.92 |
| 1999 | 6.25 |
| 1998 | 4.58 |
| 1997 | 2.22 |
| 1996 | 2.83 |
| 1995 | 3.22 |
| 1994 | 1.9 |
| 1993 | 1.96 |
| 1992 | 1.96 |
| 1991 | 1.8 |