Agriculture > products
fresh vegetables, poultry, fish, pork |
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Big Mac Index
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$1.55 |
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[57th of 65]
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Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Business efficiency
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93.073 |
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[2nd of 51]
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Source: The Economist. |
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Debt > External
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$588,000,000,000.00 |
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[15th of 136]
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Source: IMD International, 2005 |
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Distribution of family income > Gini index
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53.3 |
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[2nd of 43]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Economic freedom
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3.55 |
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[1st of 156]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Economy > Overview
Hong Kong has a free market economy highly dependent on international trade. In 2006, the total value of goods and services trade, including the sizable share of reexports, was equivalent to 400% of GDP. The territory has become increasingly integrated with mainland China over the past few years through trade, tourism, and financial links. The mainland has long been Hong Kong's largest trading partner, accounting for 46% of Hong Kong's total trade by value in 2006. As a result of China's easing of travel restrictions, the number of mainland tourists to the territory has surged from 4.5 million in 2001 to 13.6 million in 2006, when they outnumbered visitors from all other countries combined. Hong Kong has also established itself as the premier stock market for Chinese firms seeking to list abroad. Bolstered by several successful initial public offerings in early 2007, by September 2007 mainland companies accounted for one-third of the firms listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and more than half of the Exchange's market capitalization. During the past decade, as Hong Kong's manufacturing industry moved to the mainland, its service industry has grown rapidly and now accounts for 91% of the territory's GDP. Hong Kong's natural resources are limited, and food and raw materials must be imported. GDP growth averaged a strong 5% from 1989 to 2007, despite the economy suffering two recessions during the Asian financial crisis in 1997-98 and the global downturn in 2001-02. Hong Kong continues to link its currency closely to the US dollar, maintaining an arrangement established in 1983. |
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Source: The Heritage Foundation |
Exchange rates
Hong Kong dollars per US dollar - 7.788 (2004), 7.7868 (2003), 7.7989 (2002), 7.7988 (2001), 7.7912 (2000) |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Exports
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$345,900,000,000.00 |
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[12th of 189]
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Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Exports to US
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$1,947,400,000.00 |
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[30th of 224]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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GDP
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$189,798,100,000.00 |
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[34th of 203]
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Source: US Census Bureau |
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GDP > PPP
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$210,680,000,000.00 |
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[38th of 163]
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Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook |
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GDP > Real growth rate
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6.4% |
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[62nd of 198]
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Source: World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005. |
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GDP growth > annual %
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7.27 annual %
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[28th of 187]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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GINI index
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43.44
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[22nd of 40]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Gross national income > constant LCU
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1534509000000 |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Human Development Index
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0.916 |
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[22nd of 178]
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Inflation rate (consumer prices)
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2% |
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[157th of 192]
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Source: Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme |
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Overall productivity > PPP
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$52,983.40 |
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[19th of 49]
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Public debt
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12.5 % of GDP |
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[105th of 121]
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Source: IMD International |
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