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Hong Kong: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

71.60percent · 2025+0.5% since 2015

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Hong Kong from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202571.603
202471.467
202371.182
202271.322
202171.959
202071.569
201972.079
201872.43
201771.896
201671.544
201571.223
201470.669
201370.588
201269.535
201168.933
201068.237
200969.484
200869.538
200770.042
200669.902
200569.866
200469.888
200369.831
200270.214
200169.677
200069.177
199969.275
199869.354
199769.204
199669.14
199569.115
199469.044
199368.938
199269.107
199169.843
199069.44

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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