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Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region)) Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) Statistics

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Country or Region: Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region)) › Change country
Economic Indicator: Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) › See all Hong Kong indicators, › See Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Hong Kong Dollar
Currency Symbol: HKD

Source: CEIC Latest actual data: 2010 Employment type: National definition Primary domestic currency: Hong Kong dollars Data last updated: 03/2011

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) Statistics for Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region)), Year 2010 - In Detail

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Hong Kong in year 2010 is 4.288 %

This makes Hong Kong No. 90 in world rankings according to Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) in year 2010. The world's average Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) value is 4.82 %; Hong Kong is 0.53 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Hong Kong was 5.24 % Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Hong Kong in 2010 was or will be 18.18% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Hong Kong was or will be 3.58 %, which is 16.44% less than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Hong Kong, in other Years
Year %
  2016 3.787
  2015 3.787
  2014 3.774
  2013 3.839
  2012 3.809
  2011 3.583
2010 4.288
  2009 5.241
  2008 3.524
  2007 4.016
  2006 4.78
  2005 5.576
  2004 6.81
  2003 7.923
  2002 7.305
  2001 5.097
  2000 4.946
  1999 6.251
  1998 4.704
  1997 2.201
  1996 2.765
  1995 3.186
  1994 1.919
  1993 1.971
  1992 1.959
  1991 1.797
  1990 1.332
  1989 1.079
  1988 1.365
  1987 1.736
  1986 2.817
  1985 3.183
  1984 3.7
  1983 4.35
  1982 3.522
  1981 3.9
  1980 3.8