24-1  Summary of Key Statistics①
Item	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Population and Vital Events
Mid-year Population              (10 000 persons)	691.6	695.8	697.3	702.4	707.2
Crude Birth Rate                                        (‰)	10.2	11.3	11.8	12.6	13.5
Crude Death Rate                                       (‰)	5.7	6.0	5.9	6.0	5.9
Infant Mortality Rate                                  (‰)	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.2
(per 1 000 Registered Live Births)
Labour and Employment
Labour Force                          (10 000 persons)	362.2	363.7	366.0	363.1	370.3
Labour Force Participation Rate                 (%)	61.2	60.9	60.8	59.6	60.1
Unemployment Rate                                   (%)	4.0	3.5	5.3	4.3	3.4
Number of Employed Persons  (10 000 persons)	347.7	350.9	346.8	347.4	357.6
Number of Employed Persons in Selected
Industries②                            (10 000 persons)
Manufacturing		16.6	15.0	13.3	13.3
Construction		26.5	26.2	26.5	27.7
Import/Export Trade and Wholesale		58.9	56.2	54.7	53.9
Retail, Accommodation③ and Food Services		55.2	54.5	55.8	57.8
Transportation, Storage, Postal and Courier Services,		43.4	42.3	42.2	43.4
Information and Communications
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate,		63.9	63.7	64.1	67.6
Professional and Business Services
Public Administration, Social and		84.3	86.7	88.5	91.5
Personal Services
Real Wage index④      (September 1992=100)	115.8	115.3	113.5	113.5	117.9
External Merchandise Trade
Imports                               (HKD 100 million)	28680	30253	26924	33648	37646
Domestic Exports               (HKD 100 million)	1091	908	577	695	657
Re-exports                          (HKD 100 million)	25784	27334	24113	29615	32716
External Trade in Services
Exports of Services            (HKD 100 million)	6608	7186	6698	8248	9455
Imports of Services            (HKD 100 million)	3322	3665	3406	3963	4350
Industrial Production
Index of Industrial Production       (2008=100)	107.2	100.0	91.7	95.0	95.7
Industrial Electricity Consumption (terajoules)	13104	12182	11143	11080	11104
Industrial Gas Consumption           (terajoules)	895	905	902	917	1086
Land, Building, Construction and Real Estate
Private Buildings Newly Completed
Number of Blocks                         (number)	358	755	669	278	397
Usable Floor Area                (10 000 sq.m.)
Residential	45.1	43.4	44.3	61.2	47.2
Non-residential	57.8	66.3	37.2	52.8	51.9
Private Buildings with Consent to
Commence Work               (number of blocks)
First Submission	313	273	403	512	228
Major Revision	853	111	182	254	186
Housing and Property
Number of Permanent Quarters (10 000 units)
Public Rental Housing⑤	71.74	72.16	74.12	74.46	74.71
Subsidised Sale Flats⑥	39.76	39.70	39.58	39.29	39.12
Private Housing⑥⑦	138.61	139.87	140.94	142.34	145.49
Total	250.12	251.73	254.64	256.10	259.32
Transport, Communications and Tourism
Inward and Outward Movements of Cargo
Total Discharged                    (10 000 tons)	16317	16571	15567	17282	17519
Total Loaded                          (10 000 tons)	12229	12916	11745	12882	13291
Container Throughput              (10 000 TEUs)	2400	2449	2104	2370	2438
Telephone Services      (10 000 working lines)	409	411	419	426	425
Visitor Arrivals⑧          (10 000 person-times)	2816.9	2950.7	2959.1	3603.0	4192.1
Public Accounts, Money and Finance
(HKD 100 million)
Government’s Reserve Balances⑨	4929	4944	5203	5954	6691
Total Government Revenue⑨⑩	3585	3166	3184	3765	4377
Total Government Expenditure⑨⑩	2348	3124	2890	3014	3640
Money Supply M3
Hong Kong Dollar⑪	33005	32613	36048	38782	40554
Foreign Currency⑫	28393	30394	30220	32781	40257
Total	61398	63008	66268	71563	80811
Effective Exchange Rate Indices for the	106.3	100.7	101.9	99.5	94.6
Hong Kong Dollar (trade (import and export)
- weighted)                         (January 2010=100)⑬
Consumer Price Indices
(Oct. 2009-Sep. 2010 = 100)
Composite Consumer Price Index	93.8	97.8	98.4	100.7	106.0
Consumer Price Index(A)	94.4	97.8	98.3	100.8	106.4
Consumer Price Index(B)	93.5	97.8	98.4	100.6	105.8
Consumer Price Index(C)	93.5	97.9	98.5	100.6	105.8
Education                                                   (person)
Student  Enrolment in Primary Schools	385949	365056	344748	331112	322881
Student  Enrolment in Secondary Schools⑭	492410	489362	481188	458131	472532
Student Enrolment in Institutions⑮	143473	147364	158043	166018	168692
Health
Doctors                                                     (person)	11961	12215	12424	12620	12818
Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioners	5540	5860	6048	6241	6414
(person)
Hospital Beds                                                (bed)	34928	35048	35062	35522	36121
Social Security
Comprehensive Social Security Assistance⑨
Number of Cases⑯                                 (case)	285773	289469	287822	282732	275383
Amount                              (HKD 100 million)	180	186	190	185	195
Social Security Allowances⑨
Number of Cases⑯                                  (case)	594341	612128	627816	642979	663237
Amount                               (HKD 100 million)	60	88	89	91	97
Traffic Accident Victims Assistance⑨
Number of Cases Authorised for	7841	7224	7350	7203	7139
Payment                                                (case)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
In Chained (2009) dollars
Annual Growth Rate                                  (%)	6.4	2.3	-2.6	7.1	5.0
GDP                                    (HKD 100 million)	16291	16666	16225	17376	18250
Per Capita GDP                                      (HKD)	235539	239534	232692	247376	258074
At Current Market Prices
Annual Growth Rate                                  (%)	9.5	3.8	-3.2	7.3	8.9
GDP                                   (HKD 100 million)	16156	16770	16225	17416	18967
Per Capita GDP                                     (HKD)	233589	241026	232692	247938	268213
Gross National Product(GNP)
At Current Market Prices
GNP                                   (HKD 100 million)	16600	17603	16654	17699	19535
Per Capita GNP                                     (HKD)	240014	252999	238840	251966	276250
Net External Factor Income Flows	444	833	429	283	568
(HKD 100 million)
Balance of Payments Account (HKD 100 million)
Current Account	1992.8	2295.1	1392.5	962.2	1004.8
Capital and Financial Account	-2592.5	-2311.6	-1553.7	-1525.0	-1395.3
Net Errors and Omissions	599.7	16.6	161.2	562.8	390.5
Overall Balance of Payments	1145.0	2638.7	5492.6	710.9	1116.1
	(in surplus)	(in surplus)	(in surplus)	(in surplus)	(in surplus)
International Investment Position⑰
Net International Investment Position⑱
(HKD 100 million)	37736	48267	55844	51355	54568
External Financial Assets       (HKD 100 million)	211941	175213	198115	222774	232280
External Financial Liabilities  (HKD 100 million)	174205	126946	142271	171419	177712
Notes:①The Population Census conducted from June to August 2011 provides a benchmark for revising the population estimates compiled since the
2006 Population By-census.  In the above table, population-related figures from 2007 to 2010 have been revised accordingly.
②Starting from 2009, figures are compiled based on the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification Version 2.0 and the series has been
backcasted to 2008.
③Accommodation services cover hotels, guesthouses, boarding houses and other establishments providing short term accommodation.
④The Real Wage Indices are derived by deflating the Nominal Wage Indices by the 2009/10-based Consumer Price Index (A).  Wage statistics
are compiled based on the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification (HSIC) Version 2.0.
⑤Public rental housing flats sold by the Housing Authority are classified as subsidised sale flats.
⑥Subsidised 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.
⑦Figures include non-domestic quarters for living purpose.
⑧Figures include arrival of non-Macao residents via Macao.
⑨Figures are for the corresponding financial year.  For example, figures for 2011 represent those for financial year 2011/12.
⑩Figures for 2011 are subject to audit by the Director of Audit.
⑪Figures are adjusted to include foreign currency swap deposits.
⑫Figures 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 Hong Kong dollar and thus Chinese Renminbi is also treated as a foreign currency.
⑬New series has been released as from 3 January 2012.
⑭Figures cover both day and evening schools.
⑮Refer to 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 include students attending University Grants Committee-funded programmes and
students attending locally accredited self-financing programmes offered by institution proper and their continuation education arms.
⑯Figures are as at end of the financial year.  Financial year is from 1 April to 31 March of the next year, unless otherwise specified.
⑰Position as at end of period.
⑱Net international investment position is the difference between total external financial assets and total external financial liabilities.