23-1      Summary of Key Statistics

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Population and Vital Events           

        

        

        

        

        

      Mid-year Population@ (10000 persons)

643.6

648.9

654.4

660.7

666.5

      Crude Birth Rate@                 (‰)

9.9

9.1

8.1

7.8

8.1

      Crude Death Rate@                (‰)

5.0

4.9

5.0

5.0

5.1

  Labour                                

        

        

        

 

 

      Labour Force@              (10000 persons)

316.1

323.5

327.6

332.0

337.4

      Labour Force Participation Rate@  (%)

61.6

61.3

61.3

61.3

61.4

      Unemployment Rate@                   (%)

2.8

2.2

4.7

6.2

4.9

      Underemployment Rate@              (%)

1.6

1.1

2.5

2.9

2.8

      Number of Employed Persons in Selected

        

        

        

 

 

         Industries @(person)

 

 

 

 

 

          (i)  Manufacturing                 

489900

443000

379600

353900

333700

          (ii) Construction

273100

303100

306600

286800

301700

          (iii) Wholesale, Retail and Import/Export

 

 

 

 

 

                  Trades, Restaurants and Hotels

907800

960800

953500

935100

981700

          (iv) Transport, Storage and        

336200

343400

349200

339400

356600

                  Communications                     

        

        

        

 

 

          (v)  Financing, Insurance, Real    

 

 

 

 

 

                 Estate and Business Services  

363800

405100

410300

437700

452700

          (vi) Community, Social and Personal

667900

678200

695600

732900

754700

                   Services

 

 

 

 

 

      Real Wage Index                     

 

 

 

 

 

                 (September 1992=100)

102.8

104.5

104.4

109.0

112.8

  External Trade

        

        

        

 

 

      Imports                (HKD million)

1535582

1615090

1429092

1392718

1657962

      Domestic Exports       (HKD million)

212160

211410

188454

170600

180967

      Re-exports             (HKD million)

1185758

1244539

1159195

1178400

1391722

      Terms of Trade Index       (1990=100)

99.7

100.4

101.6

100.8

99.9

  Industrial Production                 

        

        

        

 

 

      Index of Industrial Production(1986=100)

121.5

120.6

110.1

103.1

102.5

      Industrial Electricity Consumption  

19934

18965

18489

17547

17769

                            (terajoules)

        

        

        

 

 

      Industrial Gas Consumption (terajoules)         

918

911

888

914

982

  Distributive Trades, Transport Services

        

        

        

 

 

    and Other Services                    

        

        

        

 

 

      Value Added            (HKD million)

        

        

        

 

 

          Wholesale                         

16100

15760

13076

13789

N.A.

          Retail                             

38491

38409

26368

27094

N.A.

          Import/Export                     

222922

232828

206548

198618

N.A.

          Transport and Related Services    

70444

71596

73816

80315

N.A.

          Storage, Communications, Financing           

 

 

 

 

 

            (Except Banking) and Business Services      

81476

100836

84565

86332

N.A.

  Land, Building and Construction       

        

        

        

 

 

     Gross Value of  Construction Work in

        

        

        

 

 

        Nominal Terms            (HKD million)

116290

131500

133316

126437

122071

      Private Residential Flats with      

        

        

         

 

 

        Consent to Commence Work    (number)

22113

40962

33843

44323

31366

      Consideration of Documents Received 

        

        

        

 

 

        for Registration in the Land Registry      

         

        

        

 

 

                      (HKD million)

        

        

        

 

 

      Agreements for Sale and Purchase of

517767

937806

364612

287010

242996

         Building Units and Land          

        

        

        

 

 

      Assignments of Building Units    

412420

790408

348352

300059

273040

      Assignments of Land               

38098

93750

24311

35670

19921

  Housing                                

 

 

 

 

 

      Housing Authority Rental Flats  Newly    

 

 

 

 

 

        Completed                (number)

14946

17917

9759

31806

47552

      Home Ownership Scheme Residential Flats

 

 

 

 

 

        Newly Completed①②       (number)

13188

12040

3320

13778

23542

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Transport,Communications and Tourism 

        

        

        

 

 

      Inward/Outward Movement of Goods    

8191994

8543130

8543123

8874750

9379793

        Vehicle                   (vehicle)

        

        

        

 

 

      Inward and Outward Movements of Cargo

        

        

        

 

 

          Total Discharged(thousand tonnes)

119689

127223

126414

127940

130349

          Total Loaded    (thousand tonnes)

75272

80913

78999

81754

86919

      Container Throughput   (thousand TEUs)

13460

14567

14582

16211

18098

 

 

(14386)

 

 

 

      Motor Vehicles Licensed     (vehicle)

475115

500228

500673

503974

516782

      Telephone Lines                (thousand lines)

3402

3624

3708

3839

3946

      Visitor Arrivals            ( 10000 persons)

1297.4

1127.3

1016.0

1132.8

1305.9

      Hotel Room Occupancy Rate        (%)

88

76

76

79

83

  Public Accounts, Money and Finance     

        

        

        

 

 

  (HKD million)

        

         

        

 

 

      Government's Reserve Balances

173605

457543

434302

444254

430278

      Total Government Revenue          

208358

281226

216115

232995

225060

      Total Government Expenditure        

 

 

 

 

 

        and Equity Investments           

182680

194360

239356

223043

232893

      Money Supply (definition 3)#       

        

        

        

 

 

          Hong Kong Dollar                   

1520461

1670379

1826233

1922962

1999152

          Foreign Currency              

1091176

1155230

1296112

1438843

1649322

          Total                             

2611636

2825609

3122345

3361805

3648473

      Loans and Advances for Use in Hong Kong#   

1637191

2037278

1960371

1819792

1861465

      Effective Exchange Rate Indices for 

125.0

130.3

137.5

134.2

 135.0

        the Hong Kong Dollar       

        

        

        

 

 

(trade-weighted)(November 1983=100)

        

        

        

 

 

  Consumer Price Indices                

        

        

        

 

 

          (Oct. 99-Sept.2000 =100)  

        

        

        

 

 

      Composite Consumer Price  index          

98.8

104.5

107.5

103.2

99.4

      Consumer Price Index(A)             

97.6

103.2

105.9

102.5

99.5

      Consumer Price Index(B)             

99.7

105.5

108.5

103.4

99.4

      Consumer Price Index(C)

98.6

104.6

107.9

103.9

99.3

  Education                             

        

        

        

 

 

    Student  Enrolment in Primary Day School

466507

461911

476802

491851

493979

         (person)

 

 

 

 

 

    Student  Enrolment in Secondary Day School   

465658

458118

455872

453465

456693

         (person)

        

        

        

 

 

    Student  Enrolment in UGC-funded Institutions

85550

86202

84538

83754

81472

          (person)

        

        

        

 

 

  Medical and Health                    

        

        

        

 

 

     Registered Deaths            (person)

32049

32079

32680

33387

33993*

     Deaths from Heart Diseases   (person)

4844

4806

5060

5220

5315*

     Deaths from Malignant Neoplasms     (person)

10134

10373

10691

10977

11176*

     Infant Mortality Rate              

 

 

 

 

 

  (per 1 000 Registered Live Births)

4.0

4.0

3.2

3.2

2.9*

  Social Welfare                        

        

        

        

 

 

     Comprehensive Social Security Assistance       

        

        

        

 

 

          Number of Cases         (case)

166720

195645

232819

228015

228263

          Amount             (HKD million)

7127.8

9441.3

13028.7

13623.4

13559.8+

      Social Security Allowances        

        

        

        

 

 

          Number of Cases        (case)

510091

517865

526742

535452

550585

          Amount             (HKD million)

4041.6

4420.2

4737.3

4883.3

5129.6+

      Traffic Accident Victims Assistance

        

        

        

 

 

          Number of Cases Authorized for 

5558

5655

5809

5797

5998

             Payment (case)  

 

 

 

 

 

          Amount               (HKD million)

122.8

137.4

164.8

133.5

 130.0

  Law and Order                         

        

        

        

 

 

      Overall Reported Crime           (case)

79050

67367

71962

76771

77245

      Total Violent Crime              (case)

15191

13749

14682

15705

14812

      Total Offenders Arrested         (person)

47157

41714

40422

40745

40930

  Gross Domestic Product (GDP)       

        

        

        

 

 

      At Constant (1990) Market Prices    

        

        

        

 

 

          Expenditure-based GDP             

        

        

        

 

 

            Annual Growth Rate           (%)

4.5

5.0

-5.3

3.0#

10.5#

          Total GDP            (HKD million)

789753

829017

785073

808826#

893537#

          Per Capita GDP@               (HKD)

        

        

        

 

 

 

122718

127751

119974

122429#

134064#

      At Current Market Prices            

        

        

        

 

 

          Expenditure-based GDP

        

        

        

 

 

            Annual Growth Rate                     (%)

10.7

11.1

-4.9

-2.5#

3.2#

          Total GDP            (HKD million)

1191890

1323862

1259306

1227658#

1267175#

          Per Capita GDP@           (HKD)

        

        

        

 

 

 

185206

204007

192446

185826#

190124#

          Production-based GDP (HKD million)

        

        

        

 

 

 

1192656

1318035

1231602

1195209#

N.A.

  Gross National Product (GNP)      

        

        

        

 

 

      GNP at Current Market Prices        

        

        

        

 

 

        (HKD million)

1192078

1334337

1288068

1262435#

1288715#

      Per Capita GNP@              (HKD)

        

        

        

 

 

 

185235

205621

196841

191090#

193356#

      Total Net External Factor Income    

        

        

        

 

 

        Flows                 (HKD million)

188

10475

28762

34777

21540#

  Balance Of Payments Account

 

 

 

 

 

      Current Account(HKDmillion)

-

-

30238

89109#

68784#

      Capital and Financial Account (HKDmillion)

-

-

-31514

-83374#

-59369#

      Net errors and omissions(HKD million)

-

-

1276

-5735#

-9415#

      Overall Balance Of Payments(HKD million)

-

-

-52581

77867#

76798#

 

 

 

(in deficit)

       (in surplus)

       (in surplus)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes: Figures are for the corresponding financial year. For example, figures for 1996 would represent the figures for financial year 1996/97.

 

           Excluding Private Sector  Participation Scheme .

 

 

 

 

 

           Starting from 1998, a new series of container thoughput statistics has been compiled. To facilitate comparison, figure for 1997 under the

               new series are presented in brackets.

 

 

 

 

 

          Figures include arrival of non-Macau residents via Macau.

 

 

 

 

 

          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”.

 

          A postive value for the balance figure in the current account represents a surplus whereas a negative value represents a deficit. For the

 

               capital and financial account, a positive value indicates  a net capital and financial inflow and a negative value indicates a net outflow.

 

 

 

 

 

               As increases in external assets are debit entries and decreases  are credit entries, a negative value for net change in reserve assets represents

 

 

 

 

 

               a net increase and a positive value  represents a net decrease.

 

 

 

 

 

           In principle, the net sum of credit entries and debit entries is zero. In practice, discrepancies between the credit and debit entries may however

 

 

 

 

 

                occur for various reasons as the data are collected from many sources. Equality between the sum of credit entries and debit entries is brought

 

 

 

 

 

                about by the inclusion of a balancing item which reflects net errors and omissions.

 

 

 

 

 

             - not  applicable.

 

 

 

 

 

             *  Provisional figure.

 

 

 

 

 

             # Subject to revision later on.

 

 

 

 

 

             N.A. Not available.

 

 

 

 

 

            @ Population figures presented in this table may be different from those presented in earlier editions of this Yearbook.  The same applies to

                other statistics which in the process of their compilation have involved the use of population figures.  The differences may be due to one or

                 both of the following reasons :

 

 

 

 

 

                1.  The change in the approach for compiling population figures since August 2000.

 

 

 

                2.  The availability of up-to-date benchmark population data based on the results of the 2001 Population Census.

 

               For details, please see Note III in the "Brief Introduction" of this chapter.

 

 

 

               +Includes the payments for 1 April 2001.