Hong Kong SAR, China: Services, value added (current LCU)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Hong Kong SAR, China's services, value added (current LCU) rose 6.9% on 2023 (from 2.73 trillion to 2.91 trillion).

Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +4% and a typical year strayed about 4.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 10.2% in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.6% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 68.6 billion a year. A straight line explains 85% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 3.05 trillion for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 87.52 billion, against 170.17 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2024, Hong Kong SAR, China had the 4th highest value of the 31 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Hong Kong SAR, China in the 2024 ranking

• Lebanon — 1st of 31: 830.48 trillion
• Japan — 2nd of 31: 453.03 trillion
• Israel — 4th of 31: 1.46 trillion
• United Arab Emirates — 5th of 31: 1.11 trillion
• Cuba — 6th of 31: 796.11 billion

What this measures

Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.

All 25 values

Services, value added (current LCU) in nearby economies

• Australia — 1.88 trillion (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — 7.91 billion (2025)
• Cambodia — 71.97 trillion (2025)
• China — 80.89 trillion (2025)
• Fiji — 8.12 billion (2025)
• French Polynesia — 443.08 billion (2020)
• Indonesia — 10,467.4 trillion (2025)
• Japan — 453.03 trillion (2024)
• Kiribati — 365.47 million (2024)
• Korea, Rep. — 1,524.17 trillion (2025)
• Lao PDR

More economic policy & debt data for Hong Kong SAR, China

• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$53.72 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 418.83 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 12.57% (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$282.93 billion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 2.21 trillion (2025)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 66.21% (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$336.64 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current LCU)

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Questions people ask

What is Hong Kong SAR, China's services, value added (current LCU)?

2.91 trillion in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is up 160.16% from 1.12 trillion in 2000 (4.06% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 2.91 trillion in 2024 and the lowest 1.1 trillion in 2003.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.SRV.TOTL.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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