Hong Kong Government Spending
Hong Kong government spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 12.85%.
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Interpretation
Hong Kong recorded 12.85% for Government Spending in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator decreased by 0.45 percentage points, from 13.30% to 12.85%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (11.61%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is higher overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 9.64% in 2015 and the high was 14.34% in 2022.