Countries / Hong Kong, China (SAR)
Hong Kong, China (SAR)
Very HighRanked #8 of 195 in 2023 · Not part of UNDP’s regional groupings (used for high-income/OECD countries)
Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2025 composite indices. All figures below come directly from that dataset — nothing here is estimated or AI-generated.
Human Development Index, 1990–2023
0.955 in 2023, compared against the world average.
Hong Kong, China (SAR)World
Components
85.5 yrs
Life expectancy
16.9 yrs
Expected schooling
12.4 yrs
Mean schooling
69,436
GNI per capita
Related indices
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.839
HDI adjusted downward for inequality in the distribution of health, education, and income within the country — lower than HDI whenever inequality exists.
Gender Development Index
0.976
Ratio of female to male HDI — 1.0 means parity; below 1.0 means women's human development lags men's.