23-1  Summary of Key Statistics
Item	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Population and Vital Events
Mid-year Population                   (10 000 persons)	678.3	681.3	685.7	692.6	697.8
Crude Birth Rate                                             (‰)	7.3	8.4	9.6	10.2	11.3
Crude Death Rate                                            (‰)	5.4	5.7	5.5	5.7*	5.9@
Infant Mortality Rate                                      (‰)	2.7	2.3	1.8	1.8*	1.7@
(per 1 000 Registered Live Births)
Labour and Employment
Labour Force                               (10 000 persons)	351.3*	353.4*	357.2*	363.0*	364.9
Labour Force Participation Rate                      (%)	61.3	60.9*	61.2*	61.2*	60.9
Unemployment Rate                                        (%)	6.8	5.6	4.8	4.0	3.6
Number of Employed Persons      (10 000 persons)	327.4	333.7	340.1	348.4	351.9
Number of Employed Persons in Selected Industries①
(10 000 persons)
Manufacturing					16.7
Construction					26.9
Import/Export Trade and Wholesale					58.7
Retail, Accommodation and Food services					55.9
Transportation, Storage, Postal and Courier Services,					43.2
Information and Communications
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate,					63.6
Professional and Business Services
Public Administration, Social and					84.6
Personal Services
Real Wage index②           (September 1992=100)	115.7	115.3	115.9	117.6	123.4
External Merchandise Trade
Imports                                    (HKD 100 million)	21111	23295	25998	28680	30253
Domestic Exports                    (HKD 100 million)	1260	1360	1345	1091	908
Re-exports                               (HKD 100 million)	18931	21141	23265	25784	27334
External Trade in Services
Exports of Services                (HKD 100 million)	4295.9	4953.9	5650.5	6607.3*	7188.4
Imports of Services                (HKD 100 million)	2425.1	2642.4	2879.0	3322.4*	3570.4
Industrial Production
Index of Industrial Production            (2000=100)	80.6	82.6	84.4	83.1	77.7
Industrial Electricity Consumption      (terajoules)	15430	14636	14015	13104	12182
Industrial Gas Consumption                (terajoules)	955	898	903	895	905
Land, Building, Construction and Real Estate
Private Buildings Newly Completed
Number of Blocks                             (number)	640	778	812	358	755
Usable Floor Area                     (10 000 sq.m.)
Residential	103.2	70.9	71.5	45.1	43.4
Non-residential	68.8	51.7	67.3	57.8	66.3
Private Buildings with Consent to
Commence Work                    (number of blocks)
First Submission	417	356	480	313	273
Major Revision	77	463	164	853	111
Housing and Property
Number of Permanent Quarters      (10 000 units)
Public Rental Housing③	69.15	70.92	71.69	71.74	72.16
Subsidised Sale Flats③④	39.32	38.88	39.17	39.76	39.70
Private Housing④⑤	130.78	133.31	136.86	138.61	139.87
Total	239.26	243.12	247.72	250.12	251.73
Transport, Communications and Tourism
Inward and Outward Movements of Cargo
Total Discharged                         (10 000 tons)	15779	16333	16366	16317	16571
Total Loaded                               (10 000 tons)	10693	10914	11567	12229	12916
Container Throughput                   (10 000 TEUs)	2198	2260	2354	2400	2449
Telephone Services           (10 000 working lines)	378	379	384	409*	411
Visitor Arrivals⑥               (10 000 person-times)	2181.1	2335.9	2525.1	2816.9	2950.7
Public Accounts, Money and Finance
(HKD 100 million)
Government’s Reserve Balances⑦	2960	3107	3693	4929	4964
Total Government Revenue⑦⑧	2636	2470	2880	3585	3166
Total Government Spending⑦⑧	2422	2331	2294	2348	3151
Money Supply M3
Hong Kong Dollar⑨	22196	23458	27955*	33005*	32613
Foreign Currency⑩	19700	20614	22942	28393	30410
Total	41895	44072	50897*	61398*	63023
Effective Exchange Rate Indices for the	98.3	97.4	96.1	91.9	87.1
Hong Kong Dollar (trade (import and export) weighted)
(January 2000=100)
Consumer Price Indices
(Oct. 2004-Sep. 2005 = 100)
Composite Consumer Price Index	99.4	100.3	102.4	104.4	108.9
Consumer Price Index(A)	99.3	100.3	102.1	103.4	107.1
Consumer Price Index(B)	99.4	100.4	102.4	104.7	109.5
Consumer Price Index(C)	99.6	100.3	102.6	105.3	110.2
Education                                                   (persons)
Student  Enrolment in Primary Schools	447137	425864	410516	385949	365056
Student  Enrolment in Secondary Schools⑪	479170*	483450*	485527*	487363*	483725
Student Enrolment in UGC-funded Institutions⑫	91865	91786	91564	171580*	171992
Health
Doctors                                                     (persons)	11242	11505	11739	11961	12215
Chinese Medicine Practitioners               (persons)	4986	5133	5268	5540	5860
Hospital Beds                                                (beds)	34400	34119	34532	34928	35048
Social Security
Comprehensive Social Security Assistance⑦
Number of Cases⑬                                 (cases)	296688	297434	294204	285773	289469
Amount⑭                           (HKD 100 million)	176	178	176	180	186@
Social Security Allowances⑦
Number of Cases⑬                                  (cases)	567859	574135	583474	594341	612128
Amount⑭                            (HKD 100 million)	52	53	55	60	88@
Traffic Accident Victims Assistance⑦
Number of Cases Authorised for	7360	7893	7604	7841	7224
Payment                                                (cases)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
In Chained (2007) dollars
Annual Growth Rate                                    (%)	8.5	7.1	7.0	6.4@	2.4@
GDP                                    (HKD 100 million)	13251	14189	15185	16154@	16536@
Per Capita GDP                                      (HKD)	195340	208263	221455	233245@	236989@
At Current Market Prices
Annual Growth Rate                                    (%)	4.6	7.0	6.7	9.5@	3.8@
GDP                                    (HKD 100 million)	12919	13826	14754	16154@	16769@
Per Capita GDP                                      (HKD)	190451	202928	215158	233245@	240327@
Gross National Product(GNP)
At Current Market Prices
GNP                                    (HKD 100 million)	13153	13842	15027	16599@	17584@
Per Capita GNP                                      (HKD)	193902	203170	219146	239661@	251999@
Net External Factor Income Flows	234	16	273	444	814@
(HKD 100 million)
Balance of Payments Account(HKD 100 million)
Current Account⑮	1225.1	1569.3	1781.7	1991.6*	2376.3
Capital and Financial Account⑮	-1846.4	-1824.3	-2099.4	-2592.5*	-2158.2
Net Errors and Omissions⑯	621.3	255.0	317.7	600.9*	-218.1
Overall Balance of Payments	254.9	106.8	467.4	1145.0	2638.7
	(in surplus)	(in surplus)	(in surplus)	(in surplus)	(in surplus)
International Investment Position⑰
Net International Investment Position⑱
(HKD 100 million)	33018	34061	40297	37736*	48005
External Financial Assets       (HKD 100 million)	106987	115883	149987	211941*	175667
External Financial Liabilities (HKD 100 million)	73969	81822	109690	174205*	127662
Notes: ①Starting from 2009, figures are compiled based on the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification Version 2.0 and the series has been backcasted to 2008.
②The Real Wage Indices are derived by deflating the Nominal Wage Indices by the 2004/05-based Consumer Price Index (A).  Starting from
March 2009, wage statistics are compiled based on the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification (HSIC) Version 2.0 and the series has
been backcasted to 2004.
③Public rental housing flats sold by the Housing Authority are classified as subsidised sale flats.
④Subsidised sale flats include quarters sold by the Housing Authority and Hong Kong Housing Society that cannot be traded in the open
market. Those flats that can be traded in the open market are classified as private permanent housing.
⑤Figures include non-domestic quarters for living purpose.
⑥Figures include arrival of non-Macao residents via Macao.
⑦Figures are for the corresponding financial year.  For example, figures for 2008 represent those for financial year 2008/09.
⑧Figures for 2007 are subject to audit by the Director of Audit.
⑨Figures are adjusted to include foreign currency swap deposits.
⑩Figures are adjusted to exclude foreign currency swap deposits. Hong Kong dollar is the legal tender in the Hong Kong Special Administrative
refers to any currency other than Hong Kong dollar and thus Chinese Renminbi is also treated as a foreign currency.
⑪Figures cover both day and evening schools.
⑫Institutions funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC) are City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Lingnan
University,The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology and The University of Hong Kong.  Figures refer to students attending UGC-funded programmes
unless otherwise specified.  Starting from 2007, figures also include all students attending self-financing programmes offered by
UGC-funded institutions and their extension arms.
⑬Figures are as at end of the financial year.  Financial year is from 1 April to 31 March of the next year, unless otherwise specified.
⑭Expenditure of Figures for 2007/08 including the additional one month of standard rate paymeny and the additional one month of allowance
to CSSA and SSA cases of the year respectively. As for the expenditure of 2008/09(provisional figure)including the additional two months of
standard rate payment to CSSA cases, the additional two months of allowance to SSA cases and the one-off grant of $3,000 to OAA cases.
⑮A 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 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.
⑯In 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 different 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.
⑰Position as at end of period.
⑱Net international investment position is the difference between total external financial assets and total external financial liabilities.
Region, as stated in “The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China”.  Foreign currency