Key information about Hong Kong SAR (China) Current Account Balance

• Hong Kong SAR (China) Current Account recorded a surplus of 15.4 USD bn in Sep 2024, compared with a surplus of 12.6 USD bn in the previous quarter.
• Hong Kong SAR (China) Current Account Balance: USD mn data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1999 to Sep 2024, with an averaged value of 4.3 USD bn.
• The data reached an all-time high of 15.4 USD bn in Sep 2024 and a record low of -3.7 USD bn in Jun 2014.
• CEIC converts quarterly Current Account Balance into USD. Census and Statistics Department provides Current Account Balance in local currency. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 27.0 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• Hong Kong SAR (China) Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 13.2 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 1.2 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 91.4 USD bn in Mar 2023.

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Hong Kong recorded a Current Account surplus of 125237 HKD Million in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Hong Kong Current Account - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Balance data was reported at 14.736 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 12.711 USD bn for 2016. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Balance data is updated yearly, averaging 13.469 USD bn from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 32.872 USD bn in 2008 and a record low of 2.870 USD bn in 1998. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Balance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong SAR – Table HK.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Key information about Hong Kong SAR (China) Current Account Balance: % of GDP

• Hong Kong SAR (China) Current Account surplus accounted for 14.7 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Sep 2024, compared with a 13.0 % surplus in the previous quarter.
• Hong Kong SAR (China) Current Account Balance: % of Nominal GDP data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1999 to Sep 2024, with an average value of 6.2 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 20.8 % in Dec 2008 and a record low of -5.5 % in Jun 2014.

• In the latest reports of Hong Kong SAR (China), Current Account recorded a surplus of 15.4 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 27.0 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• Hong Kong SAR (China) Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 13.2 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 1.2 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 91.4 USD bn in Mar 2023.

Balance of Payments, International Investment Position and External Debt Statistics of Hong Kong - Table 315-37003 : BoP: Current account and capital account

Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Trade in Services: % of GDP data was reported at 53.055 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 53.918 % for 2016. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Trade in Services: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 57.378 % from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 66.680 % in 2012 and a record low of 41.459 % in 1998. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Trade in Services: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong – Table HK.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Trade in services is the sum of service exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.; Weighted Average; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods data was reported at -23.972 USD bn in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of -16.704 USD bn for 2016. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods data is updated yearly, averaging 18.500 USD bn from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 31.068 USD bn in 2005 and a record low of -32.359 USD bn in 2014. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Net Trade: Goods data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong SAR – Table HK.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Net trade in goods is the difference between exports and imports of goods. Trade in services is not included. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service data was reported at 77.045 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 74.478 USD bn for 2016. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service data is updated yearly, averaging 66.212 USD bn from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 77.045 USD bn in 2017 and a record low of 41.643 USD bn in 1999. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong – Table HK.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Services refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Gap-filled total; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others (goods for processing in BPM5) and maintenance and repair services n.i.e. are reclassified from goods to services.

Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Other Sectors: Payments data was reported at 3.970 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.818 USD bn for 2016. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Other Sectors: Payments data is updated yearly, averaging 2.447 USD bn from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.970 USD bn in 2017 and a record low of 1.667 USD bn in 1999. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Secondary Income: Other Sectors: Payments data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong – Table HK.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Sum; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service data was reported at 104.109 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 98.533 USD bn for 2016. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service data is updated yearly, averaging 64.562 USD bn from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 106.922 USD bn in 2014 and a record low of 27.204 USD bn in 1998. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong SAR – Table HK.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Services refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Gap-filled total; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. Manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others (goods for processing in BPM5) and maintenance and repair services n.i.e. are reclassified from goods to services.

Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods data was reported at 537.704 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 501.550 USD bn for 2016. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods data is updated yearly, averaging 323.333 USD bn from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 537.704 USD bn in 2017 and a record low of 157.936 USD bn in 1999. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong SAR – Table HK.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Goods exports refer to all movable goods (including nonmonetary gold and net exports of goods under merchanting) involved in a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Gap-filled total; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards. Merchanting is reclassified from services to goods.

Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Imports data was reported at 14.802 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 15.256 % for 2016. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 50.236 % from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 54.151 % in 2006 and a record low of 14.802 % in 2017. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Communications, Computer, etc: % of Service Imports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong – Table HK.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Communications, computer, information, and other services cover international telecommunications; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; personal, cultural, and recreational services; manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others; and maintenance and repair services and government services not included elsewhere.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Weighted Average; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Travel: % of Service Exports data was reported at 31.988 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 33.335 % for 2016. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Travel: % of Service Exports data is updated yearly, averaging 22.155 % from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37.159 % in 2013 and a record low of 18.704 % in 2000. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Service: Travel: % of Service Exports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong – Table HK.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Travel covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers for their own use during visits of less than one year in that economy for either business or personal purposes. Travel includes local transport (i.e., transport within the economy being visited and provided by a resident of that economy), but excludes international transport (which is included in passenger transport. Travel also excludes goods for resale, which are included in general merchandise.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Weighted Average; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Balance: % of GDP data was reported at 4.316 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.961 % for 2016. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Balance: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 6.284 % from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.991 % in 2008 and a record low of 1.392 % in 2014. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Balance: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong SAR – Table HK.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.; ; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Insurance and Financial Services: % of Service Imports data was reported at 8.395 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 8.240 % for 2016. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Insurance and Financial Services: % of Service Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 5.451 % from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.454 % in 2015 and a record low of 3.471 % in 2000. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Service: Insurance and Financial Services: % of Service Imports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong – Table HK.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Insurance and financial services cover various types of insurance provided to nonresidents by resident insurance enterprises and vice versa, and financial intermediary and auxiliary services (except those of insurance enterprises and pension funds) exchanged between residents and nonresidents.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Weighted Average; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

HK: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods data was reported at 561.675 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 518.254 USD bn for 2016. HK: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods data is updated yearly, averaging 303.259 USD bn from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 561.675 USD bn in 2017 and a record low of 136.631 USD bn in 1999. HK: BOP: Current Account: Imports: Goods data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong – Table HK.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Goods imports refer to all movable goods (including nonmonetary gold) involved in a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Gap-filled total; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received: % of GDP data was reported at 0.128 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.124 % for 2016. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 0.129 % from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.163 % in 2005 and a record low of 0.072 % in 2002. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Personal Remittances: Received: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong – Table HK.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Personal remittances comprise personal transfers and compensation of employees. Personal transfers consist of all current transfers in cash or in kind made or received by resident households to or from nonresident households. Personal transfers thus include all current transfers between resident and nonresident individuals. Compensation of employees refers to the income of border, seasonal, and other short-term workers who are employed in an economy where they are not resident and of residents employed by nonresident entities. Data are the sum of two items defined in the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual: personal transfers and compensation of employees.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.; Weighted Average; Note: Data starting from 2005 are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6).

Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Receipts data was reported at 179.697 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 164.078 USD bn for 2016. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Receipts data is updated yearly, averaging 108.674 USD bn from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 179.697 USD bn in 2017 and a record low of 41.911 USD bn in 2002. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Receipts data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong – Table HK.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Primary income receipts refer to employee compensation paid to resident workers working abroad and investment income (receipts on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments, and receipts on reserve assets). Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Sum; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Payments data was reported at 165.486 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 156.016 USD bn for 2016. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Payments data is updated yearly, averaging 101.518 USD bn from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2017, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 165.486 USD bn in 2017 and a record low of 39.579 USD bn in 2003. Hong Kong HK: BOP: Current Account: Primary Income: Payments data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hong Kong – Table HK.World Bank: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments). Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Sum; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.