Hong Kong Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in Hong Kong decreased to 61.10 percent in October from 61.20 percent in September of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in Hong Kong averaged 62.17 percent from 1981 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 66.50 percent in August of 1984 and a record low of 59.50 percent in May of 2010.

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Hong Kong Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	2.80	2.80	8.50	1.00	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	3872.60	3874.60	3882.40	2370.60	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	116.00	117.80	307.70	24.90	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	61.10	61.20	66.50	59.50	percent	[+]
Productivity	166.00	160.10	166.00	99.40	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	79203.00	76875.00	127765.00	15919.00		[+]
Wages	16479.00	15897.00	16479.00	10382.00	HKD/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	219.60	215.00	219.60	141.80	Index Points	[+]
Minimum Wages	34.50	34.50	34.50	28.00	HKD/Hour	[+]
Population	7.41	7.37	7.41	3.08	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.00	65.00	65.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.00	65.00	65.00	60.00		[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	5.90	6.30	10.40	1.90	percent	[+]

The labour force participation rates is the number of persons who are employed and unemployed but looking for a job divided by the total working-age population. This page provides - Hong Kong Labor Force Participation Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Hong Kong Labor Force Participation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	61.10	61.20	66.50	59.50	1981 - 2018	percent	Monthly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.00	Sep/18	78.8	79 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Sep/18	72.2	72.3 : 69.5	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.40	Jun/18	68.4	68.8 : 66.8	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/17	68	68.3 : 55.3	%
Italy	65.80	Oct/18	65.6	65.9 : 61.7	%
Australia	65.60	Oct/18	65.5	65.8 : 60.1	%
Canada	65.40	Nov/18	65.2	67.7 : 61.4	%
Netherlands	64.20	Jun/18	63.9	67.1 : 61.7	%
South Korea	63.40	Oct/18	63.5	63.9 : 48.5	%
United States	62.90	Nov/18	62.9	67.3 : 58.1	%
Russia	62.80	Oct/18	63.2	70.3 : 62.5	%
Japan	62.00	Oct/18	61.9	74 : 58.5	%
Brazil	61.70	Sep/18	61.6	61.9 : 60.9	%
Germany	60.90	Jun/18	61	61.7 : 56.9	%
Mexico	59.50	Sep/18	60	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	59.50	Sep/18	59.1	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.73	Sep/18	58.8	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.20	Jun/18	57	57.3 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	56.20	Jun/18	55.5	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	53.50	Aug/18	53.2	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9 : 50.9	%
Argentina	46.40	Jun/18	46.7	46.9 : 44.5	%