24-1  Summary of Key Statistics
Item	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Population and Vital Events
Mid-year Population (10 000 persons)	666.5	672.5	678.7	680.3	688.3
Crude Birth Rate                           (‰)	8.1	7.2	7.1	6.9	7.2
Crude Death Rate                          (‰)	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.4	5.3^
Labour and   Employment
Labour Force             (10 000 persons)	337.4	342.7	348.7	349.6	352.9
Labour Force Participation Rate    (%)	61.4	61.4	61.8	61.4	61.3
Unemployment Rate                      (%)	4.9	5.1	7.3	7.9	6.8
Underemployment Rate                 (%)	2.8	2.5	3.0	3.5	3.3
Number of Employed Persons in Selected
Industries                  (1 000 persons)
(i) Manufacturing	333.7	326.4	290.2	272.0	231.6
(ii) Construction	301.7	291.4	286.5	265.9	267
(iii) Wholesale, Retail and Import/Export
Trades, Restaurants and Hotels	981.7	981.1	983.4	991.8	1066.9
(iv) Transport, Storage and Communications	356.6	353.4	345.8	346.1	358.2
(v)  Financing, Insurance, Real
Estate and Business Services	452.7	478.1	474.4	469.7	479.9
(vi) Community, Social and Personal	754.7	798.9	825.1	849.5	860.6
Services
Real Wage Index
(September 1992=100)	112.8	114.6	117.8	118.6	115.6
External Merchandise Trade
Imports                       (HKD 100 million)	16579.6	15681.9	16194.2	18057.7	21111.2
Domestic Exports       (HKD 100 million)	1809.7	1535.2	1309.3	1216.9	1259.8
Re-exports                   (HKD 100 million)	13917.2	13274.7	14295.9	16207.5	18931.3
Terms of Trade Index(2000=100)	100.0	100.9	102.1	101.0	99.3
External Trade in Services
Exports of Services①       (HKD 100 million)	3018.1	3076.6	3353.6	3551.8	4172.7@
Imports of Services        (HKD 100 million)	1915.4	1924.5	1996.8	2018.1	2322.3@
Industrial Production
Index of Industrial Production (2000=100)	100.0	95.6	86.2	78.3	80.6
Industrial Electricity Consumption	17769	16759	16112	14851	15430
(terajoules)
Industrial Gas Consumption (terajoules)	982	1011	987	1015	955
Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, Import and Export
Trades, Transport Services and Other Services
Value Added                   (HKD 100 million)
Wholesale Trade	125	136	124	114
Retail Trade	288	274	279	264
Import and Export Trades	2254	2272	2316	2411
Transport and Related Services	880	849	895	872
Storage, Communications, Financing
(Except Banking) and Business Services	995	910	896	954
Land, Building, Construction and Real Estate
Gross Value of Construction Work in	1221	1140	1060	990	932
Nominal Terms            (HKD 100 million)
Private Residential Flats with
Consent to Commence Work       (number)
First submission②	30039	26461	17292	16655	8682
Major revision②				12497	5373
Housing and Property
Public Housing③
Housing Authority Public Rental Housing
Flats Newly Completed④       (number)	46756	29817	20390	15148	24682
Home Ownership Scheme Residential Flats
Newly Completed⑤                (number)	23542	6128		320
Private Sector Participation Scheme Residential
Flats Newly Completed⑤      (number)	9172	1540
Private Housing
Private domestic units newly completed	25790	26262	31052	26397	26036
Property Price Index (1999=100)
Private Domestic Units	89.6	78.7	69.9	61.6	78.0^
Private Offices (Grades A, B and C)	89.9	78.7	68.4	62.5	99.2^
Property Rental Index (1999=100)
Private Domestic Units	98.1	95.4	83.4	73.6	77.7
Private Offices (Grades A, B and C)	98.5	101.0	85.4	74.6	78.1
Value of Registered Agreements for Sale and
Purchase of Building Units (HKD 100 million)
Residential	1683.93	1509.16	1542.52	1535.78	2767.35
Non-residential	541.27	418.92	311.41	358.40	750.52
Total	2225.20	1928.08	1853.93	1894.18	3517.87
Transport, Communications and Tourism
Inward/Outward Movement of Goods	937.98	912.88	975.51	988.26	974.83
Vehicle                           (10 000 vehicles)
Inward and Outward Movements of Cargo
Total Discharged                (10 000 tons)	13035	13205	14210	15059	15741
Total Loaded                      (10 000 tons)	8692	8552	9265	9993	10703
Container Throughput         (10 000 TEUs)	1810	1783	1914	2045	2198
Motor Vehicles Licensed          (1 000 vehicles)	516.8	525.4	525.5	524.2	532.9
Telephone Services   (10 000 working lines)	395	393	384	382	378
Visitor Arrivals⑥       (10 000 person-times)	1305.9	1372.5	1656.6	1553.7	2181.1
Hotel Room Occupancy Rate       (%)	83	79	84	70	88
Public Accounts, Money and Finance
(HKD 100 million)
Government's Reserve Balances⑦	4303	3725	3114	2753	2960
Total Government Revenue⑦	2251	1756	1775	2073	2636
Total Government Expenditure	2329	2389	2392	2475	2422
and Equity Investments⑦
Money Supply M3
Hong Kong Dollar⑧	20024	20166	20042	21229	22196
Foreign Currency⑨	16904	15775	15576	17352	19700
Total	36928	35941	35619	38580	41895
Loans and Advances for Use in Hong Kong	18615	17901	17429	17085	17924
Effective Exchange Rate Indices for the	101.7	104.7	104.0	100.7	98.3
Hong Kong Dollar⑩
(trade-weighted)(January 2000=100)
Consumer Price Indices
(Oct. 1999-Sep. 2000 =100)
Composite Consumer Price Index	99.4	97.8	94.8	92.4	92.0
Consumer Price Index (A)	99.5	97.8	94.7	92.7	92.6
Consumer Price Index (B)	99.4	97.7	94.7	92.1	91.7
Consumer Price Index (C)	99.3	97.8	95.1	92.3	91.5
Education  (persons)
Student  Enrolment in Primary Schools	493979	493075	483218	468792	447137
Student  Enrolment in Secondary Schools(11)	466710	465403	465926	470487	476954
Student  Enrolment in UGC-funded Institutions (12)	78295	81664	85602	90355	93776^
Health
Registered Deaths                       (persons)	33993	33305	34316	36423	37322
Infant Mortality Rate
(per 1 000 Registered Live Births)	2.9	2.7	2.4	2.3	2.5^
Social Security
Comprehensive Social Security Assistance⑦
Number of Cases(13)                          (cases)	228263	247192	271893	290705	296688
Amount                          (HKD 100 million)	135.60+	144.05‡	161.31~	173.06	176.31
Social Security Allowances⑦
Number of Cases(13)                          (cases)	550585	561208	560215	563908	567859
Amount                           (HKD 100 million)	51.30+	52.41‡	52.81~	52.14	52.45
Traffic Accident Victims Assistance⑦
Number of Cases Authorised for	5998	6733	7102	7190	7360
Payment                                            (cases)
Amount                                  (HKD million)	130.0	142.0	151.3	151.1	154.3
Law and Order
Overall Reported Crimes                          (cases)	77245	73008	75877	88377	81315
Total Violent Crimes                                (cases)	14812	13551	14140	14542	13890
Total Persons Arrested for Crime        (persons)	40930	38829	39665	42051	42991
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
At Constant (2000) Market Prices
Annual Growth Rate                               (%)	10.2	0.5	1.9	3.1@	8.1@
GDP                                (HKD 100 million)	12883	12943	13194	13609@	14718@
Per Capita GDP                                 (HKD)	193299	192465	194400	200043@	213839@
At Current Market Prices
Annual Growth Rate                                (%)	3.4	-1.4	-1.7	-3.2@	5.1@
GDP                                (HKD 100 million)	12883	12699	12480	12079@	12695@
Per Capita GDP                                  (HKD)	193299	188835	183875	177552@	184448@
Gross National Product (GNP)
GNP at Current Market Prices (14)
(HKD 100 million)	13094	13099	12633	12420@	12998@
Per Capita GNP at Current Market Prices(14)(HKD)	196460	194777	186130	182570@	188851@
Net External Factor Income Flows (14)
(HKD 100 million)	210.69	399.59	153.07	341.42	303.06@
Balance of Payments Account (HKD 100 million)
Current Account(15)	545.0	763.2	968.0	1282.4@	1274.0@
Capital and Financial Account (15)	-578.6	-973.6	-1511.8	-1790.86	-1363.4@
Net Errors and Omissions(16)	33.7	210.4	543.8	508.5@	89.4@
Overall Balance of Payments	783.2	365.3	-185.4	75.9@	254.9@
	(in surplus)	(in surplus)	(in deficit)	(in surplus)	(in surplus)
International Investment Position(17)
Net International Investment
Position(18)                            (HKD 100 million)	17295.5	20679.6	26773.7	30598.3	33453.3@
External Financial Assets        (HKD 100 million)	88993.0	83506.2	80327.4	92023.1	107460.6@
External Financial Liabilities  (HKD 100 million)	71697.5	62826.6	53553.8	61424.8	74007.4@
Notes: ①Figures for exports of services have incorporated the revised data on destination consumption expenditure of incoming visitors and travellers
released by the Hong Kong Tourism Board in March 2005, and the figures estimated on the basis of latest data released by the Hong Kong
Monetary Authority.
②Separate figures for "First submission" and "Major revision" were not available for 2002 and the years before.
③Figures are for the corresponding financial year.  For example, figures for 2004 represent those for financial year 2004/05.  Since May 2005,
the housing type classifications of HA public housing production have been revised as stated in notes ④ and ⑤ below. The above
production figures have taken into account of this re-classification.
④The production of Public Rental Housing also includes projects transferred from surplus Home Ownership Scheme. The production of
Interim Housing and projects built as public rental housing but subsequently transferred to Buy or Rent Option Scheme / Mortgage Subsidy
Scheme housing is not included.
⑤The production and sale of Home Ownership Scheme/Private Sector Participation Scheme flats have ceased indefinitely since 2003, except
for the unsold and returned flats which will be sold to sitting tenants of public rental housing and those who are about to be rehoused to
public rental housing after end 2006.For those Home Ownership Scheme/Private Sector Participation Scheme flats that have been completed
or are under construction (i.e.surplus projects), these will be disposed of through market-friendly means. Figures of production of Home
Ownership Scheme/Private Sector Participation Scheme exclude 6774 flats which have been transferred to government quarters/private
housing and 5050 flats in surplus projects pending disposal.
⑥Figures include arrival of non-Macao residents via Macao.
⑦Figures are for the corresponding financial year.  For example, figures for 2004 represent those for financial year 2004/05.
⑧Figures are adjusted to include foreign currency swap deposits.
⑨ 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. So Chinese Renminbi is also treated as foreign currency.
⑩New series released since 2 January 2002.             (11)Figures cover both day and evening schools.
(12)Figures before 2001 refer to all students of UGC-funded programmes,except for research postgraduate (RPg) programmes of which only
students counted within the formal time limit and within the UGC student number target are included. Figures from 2001 onwards also
include students attending full-time accredited self-financing post-secondary programmes. Figures from 2003 onwards also include RPg
students counted within the formal time limit and outside the UGC student number target but wholly funded by UGC.
(13)Figures are as at end of the financial year.
(14)Figures prior to 2004 have been revised with the adoption of an enhanced methodology based on more relevant data available.
(15)A positive 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.
(16)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.
(17)Position as at end of period.
(18)Net international investment position is the difference between total external financial assets and total external financial liabilities.
^  Provisional figure.      @ Subject to revision later on.      +Includes the payments for 1 April 2001.
‡Includes the payments for 1 April 2002, but excludes the payments for 1 April 2001.
~Excludes the payments for 1 April 2002.