East Asia & Pacific · Partial data: missing GF10, GF07, GF02, GF0107
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
23.3%
+7.2 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
Not available
Education · 2024
3.81%
+1.1 pts since 1996
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
12.1%
of GDP · +10 pts since 2004
Population · 2025
7.5m
21.8% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Hong Kong SAR, China yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Education rose from 2.7% to 4.6% of GDP between 1996 and 2004, then fell to 3.8% by 2024.
Total spending rose from 16.1% to 29.9% of GDP between 1995 and 2020, then fell to 23.3% by 2024.
Gross debt fell from 1.9% to 0.1% of GDP between 2004 and 2014, then rose to 12.1% by 2025.
Population grew from 6.2 million in 1995 to 7.5 million in 2025; the UN projects 6.0 million by 2050.