Hong Kong Labor Force Participation Rate 1981-2018 | Data | Chart

Labor Force Participation Rate in Hong Kong decreased to 61.20 percent in April from 61.40 percent in March of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in Hong Kong averaged 62.18 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	2.90	8.50	1.00	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	3866.60	3872.40	3872.40	2370.60	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	112.90	112.10	307.70	24.90	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	61.20	61.40	66.50	59.50	percent	[+]
Productivity	160.10	155.20	160.10	99.40	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	74041.00	71149.00	127765.00	15919.00		[+]
Wages	15819.00	15913.00	15913.00	10382.00	HKD/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	214.80	214.30	214.80	141.80	Index Points	[+]
Minimum Wages	34.50	32.50	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	5.30	5.30	10.40	1.90	percent	[+]

Hong Kong Labor Force Participation Rate

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 May of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	61.20	61.40	66.50	59.50	1981 - 2018	percent	Monthly

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labor force participation rate by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
United Kingdom	79.00	Feb/18	78.8	79	74.1	%	Monthly
France	72.00	Dec/17	71.9	72	69.5	%	Quarterly
Indonesia	69.02	Dec/17	68.06	69.21	57.14	%	Yearly
Switzerland	68.60	Dec/17	68.6	68.8	66.8	%	Quarterly
Italy	65.70	Mar/18	65.4	65.7	61.7	%	Monthly
Australia	65.60	Apr/18	65.5	65.8	60.1	%	Monthly
Canada	65.40	Apr/18	65.5	67.7	61.4	%	Monthly
Netherlands	64.00	Dec/17	64.2	67.1	61.7	%	Quarterly
South Korea	63.50	Apr/18	63.1	63.8	48.5	%	Monthly
United States	62.80	Apr/18	62.9	67.3	58.1	%	Monthly
Russia	62.70	Mar/18	62.5	70.3	62.5	%	Monthly
Germany	61.70	Jan/18	61.5	61.7	56.9	%	Quarterly
Brazil	61.60	Mar/18	61.6	61.9	60.9	%	Monthly
Japan	61.20	Mar/18	60.8	74	58.5	%	Monthly
Mexico	59.00	Mar/18	59.2	61.47	58.18	%	Monthly
Spain	58.46	Mar/18	58.8	60.55	48.88	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	57.30	Dec/17	57.3	57.3	55	%	Quarterly
Turkey	53.20	Feb/18	53.1	53.2	43.9	%	Monthly
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9	50.9	%	Yearly