22-1 SUMMARY OF KEY STATISTICS

Item

1990

1995

1996

1997

1998

Population and Vital Events

 

 

 

 

 

Mid-year Population Estimate (person)

5704500

6156100

6311000

6502100

6687200

Crude Birth Rate ()

12

11.2

10.1

9.1

7.9

Crude Death Rate ()

5.2

5.1

5.1

4.9

4.8*

Labour

 

 

 

 

 

Labour Force (thousands)

2748.1

3000.7

3093.8

3216

3358.6

Labour Force Participation Rate ()

63.2

62

61.8

61.8

62

Unemployment Rate ()

1.3

3.2

2.8

2.2

4.9

Underemployment Rate ()

0.9

2.1

1.7

1.2

2.5

Number of Persons Engaged in (person)

 

 

 

 

 

(i) Manufacturing

715597

375766

325068

288887

245457

(ii) Wholesale, Retail and Import/Export Trades,Restaurants and Hotels

829591

1018198

1056136

1003072

913070

(iii)Transport, Storage and Communications

132792

172174

181516

178104

168619

(iv) Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Services

276621

378244

395903

410979

390454

Real Wage Index (September 1992=100)

100.1

101.6

102.8

104.5

104.4

External Trade and Inward Investment

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic Exports (HK million)

225875

231657

212160

211410

188454

Re-exports (HK million)

413999

1112470

1185758

1244539

1159195

Imports (HK million)

642530

1491121

1535582

1615090

1429092

Terms of Trade Index (1990=100)

100

98.7

99.7

100.4

101.6

Industrial Production

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Production Index(1986=100)

122.8

126.2

121.5

120.6

110.1

Industrial Electricity Consumption (terajoules)

24934

20222

19934

18965

14849

Industrial Gas Consumption (terajoules)

583

978

918

911

888

Distributive Trades, Transport Services and Other Services

 

 

 

 

 

Value Added (HK million)

 

 

 

 

 

Wholesale

9484

15418

16100

15760

 

Retail

20484

34257

38491

38409

 

Import/Export

87979

201050

222922

232828

 

Transport and Related Services

37004

65763

70444

71596

 

Storage, Communications, Financing (Except Banking) and Business Services

32017

70402

81476

100836

 

Land, Building and Construction

 

 

 

 

 

Construction Output in Nominal Terms (HK million)

61308

99807

116290

131500

133316

Private Residential Flats with Consent to Commence Work (number)

27365

19750

22113

40962

33843

Consideration of Documents Received for Registration in the Land Registry (HK million)

 

 

 

 

 

Agreements for Sale and Purchase of Building Units and Land

108370

283226

517767

937806

364612

Assignments of Building Units Registry

108527

309475

412420

790408

348352

Assignments of Land

21420

49656

38098

93750

24311

Transport, Communications and Tourism

 

 

 

 

 

Inward/Outward Movement of Goods Vehicle (vehicle)

4733529

7999576

8191994

8543130

8543123

Inward and Outward Movements of Cargo

 

 

 

 

 

Total Discharged (thousand tonnes)

60757

119651

119689

127223

126414

Total Loaded (thousand tonnes)

29968

73316

75272

80913

78999

Motor Vehicles Licensed (vehicle)

370160

466068

475115

500228

500673

Telephone Lines (line)

2446989

3254325

3401928

3624255

3708000

Visitor Arrivals (person)

6580850

10199994

11702735

10406261

9574711

Hotel Room Occupancy Rate ()

79

85

88

76

76

Public Accounts Money and Finance (HK million)

 

 

 

 

 

Total Government Revenue

89524

180045

208358

218226

216115

Total Government Expenditure and Equity Investments

85557

183158

182680

194360

239356

Money Supply (definition 3)**

 

 

 

 

 

Hong Kong Dollar

571215

1278288

1520461

1670379

1826233

Foreign Currency

716813

1085675

1091176

1156238

1296102

Total

1288028

2363963

2611636

2825609

3122335

Loans and Advances for Use in Hong Kong**

689368

1398193

1637191

2037278

1957815

Effective Exchange Rate Indices for the Hong Kong Dollar

107.9

121.8

125

130.3

137.5

(trade-weighted)(November 1983=100)

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Price Indices

 

 

 

 

 

(Oct. 94-Sept. 95 =100)

 

 

 

 

 

Composite Consumer Price

64.8

101.9

108.3

114.7

117.9

Consumer Price Index(A)

65.4

101.8

107.9

114.1

117

Consumer Price Index(B)

64.9

101.9

108.4

114.7

117.9

Consumer Price Index(C)

63.6

102

108.7

115.3

118.9

Housing

 

 

 

 

 

Housing Authority Rental Flats Completed (number)

32619

14559

14946

17917

9759

Home Ownership Scheme Residential Units Completed (number)

9802

14868

13188

12040

3320

Education

 

 

 

 

 

Enrolment in Primary Day School (person)

524919

467718

466507

461911

476802

Enrolment in Secondary Day School (person)

431381

459845

465658

458118

455872

Enrolment in UGC-funded Institutions (person)

57824

75557

85550

86202

84538

Medical and Health

 

 

 

 

 

Registered Deaths (person)

29201

30894

32049

32079

32680*

Deaths from Heart Diseases (person)

4976

4886

4844

4843

4896*

Deaths from Cancer (person)

8669

9680

10134

10373

10567*

Infant Mortality Rates (per 1 000 Registered Live Births)

5.9

4.4

4

4

3.2*

Social Welfare

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive Social Security Assistance

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Cases (case)

66675

136201

166720

195645

232819

Amount (HK million)

960.1

4831.1

7127.8

9441.3

13028.7

Social Security Allowances

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Cases (case)

444517

498166

510091

517865

526742

Amount (HK million)

2159.8

3682.7

4041.6

4420.2

4737.2

Traffic Accident Victims Assistance

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Cases Authorized for Payment (case)

5310

5102

5558

5655

5809

Amount (HK million)

49.9

110.7

122.8

137.4

164.8

Law and Order

 

 

 

 

 

Overall Reported Crime (case)

88300

91886

79050

67367

71962

Total Violent Crime (case)

18820

17087

15191

13749

14682

Total Persons Arrested (person)

44013

53098

47157

41714

40422

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

 

 

 

 

 

At Constant (1990) Market Prices

 

 

 

 

 

Expenditure-based GDP Annual Growth Rate ()

3.4

3.9

4.5

+5.3#

-5.1#

Total GDP (HK million)

582549

755832

789753

831319#

788677#

Per Capita GDP (HK)

102121

122778

125139

127854#

117938#

At Current Market Prices

 

 

 

 

 

Expenditure-based GDP Annual Growth Rate ()

11.2

6.6

10.7

-12.8#

-4.1#

Total GDP (HK million)

582549

1077145

1191890

1344104#

1289192

Per Capita GDP (HK)

102121

174972

188859

206718#

192785#

Production-based GDP (HK million)

589060

1069089

1192656

1341184#

 

Gross National Product(GNP)

 

 

 

 

 

GNP at Current Market Price (HK million)

 

1097656

1192890

1344104#

 

Per Capita GNP (HK)

 

178304

188889

207870#

 

Total Net External Factor Income Flows (HK million)

 

20511

14511

188

7486

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes: Figures are for the corresponding financial year. For example figures for 1996 would represent the

 

 

 

 

 

figures for financial year 1996/97.

 

 

 

 

 

Figures are adjusted to include foreign currency swap deposits.

 

 

 

 

 

Figures are adjusted to exclude foreign currency swap deposits. Hong Kong dollar is the legal tender

 

 

 

 

 

in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, as stated in "The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special

 

 

 

 

 

Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China". Foreign currency refers to any currency

 

 

 

 

 

other than the Hong Kong currency. Accordingly Chinese Renminbi is also treated as foreign currency.

 

 

 

 

 

Figures are based on average of the closing middle market telegraphic transfer rates or notes rates

 

 

 

 

 

for the year.

 

 

 

 

 

Figures are as at end of the financial year.

 

 

 

 

 

The Chinese term used in the publications of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is "本地生产

 

 

 

 

 

总值".

 

 

 

 

 

The Chinese term used in the publications of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is "本地居民

 

 

 

 

 

生产总值".

 

 

 

 

 

Formerly known as Hang Seng Consumer Price Index.

 

 

 

 

 

* Provisional figure.

 

 

 

 

 

** Subject to revision later on.

 

 

 

 

 

# The estimates are subject to revisions later on as more data become available.