Hong Kong Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in Hong Kong remained unchanged at 60.70 percent in March from 60.70 percent in February of 2019. Labor Force Participation Rate in Hong Kong averaged 62.15 percent from 1981 until 2019, 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	3860.40	3866.70	3882.40	2370.60	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	110.40	102.50	307.70	24.90	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	60.70	60.70	66.50	59.50	percent	[+]
Productivity	166.80	160.10	166.80	99.40	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	78186.00	78341.00	127765.00	15919.00		[+]
Wages	16791.00	16786.00	16791.00	10382.00	HKD/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	223.40	222.60	223.40	141.80	Index Points	[+]
Minimum Wages	34.50	34.50	34.50	28.00	HKD/Hour	[+]
Population	7.48	7.41	7.48	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	5.00	4.90	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 May of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	60.70	60.70	66.50	59.50	1981 - 2019	percent	Monthly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.20	Feb/19	79.3	79.3 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Mar/19	72.3	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.00	Apr/19	71	71.1 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.50	Sep/18	68.4	68.8 : 66.8	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Canada	65.90	Apr/19	65.7	67.7 : 61.4	%
Australia	65.80	Apr/19	65.6	65.8 : 60.1	%
Italy	65.70	Mar/19	65.7	65.9 : 61.6	%
South Korea	63.60	Apr/19	63.1	63.9 : 48.5	%
United States	62.80	Apr/19	63	67.3 : 58.1	%
Russia	62.10	Feb/19	61.9	70.3 : 61.9	%
Japan	61.90	Mar/19	61.4	74 : 58.5	%
Brazil	61.60	Feb/19	61.6	61.9 : 60.9	%
Germany	61.50	Sep/18	60.9	61.7 : 56.9	%
Mexico	60.00	Mar/19	59.2	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	58.80	Mar/19	59.4	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.35	Mar/19	58.61	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.30	Sep/18	57.2	57.3 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	55.90	Dec/18	56.4	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	53.20	Feb/19	52.9	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9 : 50.9	%
Argentina	46.50	Dec/18	46.7	46.9 : 44.5	%