Unemployment Rate 3-month represents a percentage change in the total number of unemployed Hong Kong citizens over the past three months. Unemployed citizens include persons older than 15 years of age, who have not had paid employment over the last 7 days. The calculation includes citizens who have been seeking employment for the past 30 days, as well as those who stopped searching (reflected in the report as "discouraged workers"). The indicator values are seasonally adjusted. A higher than expected reading growth can indicate a decline in the population purchasing power, which in turn may affect the Hong Kong dollar quotes negatively.
Hong Kong Unemployment Rate 3-Months
Last release
23 Apr 2026 08:30 GMT
Actual
3.7%
Forecast
3.8%
Previous
3.8%
Next release
19 May 2026 08:30 GMT
Actual
Coming in 21 days
Forecast
3.7%
Previous
3.7%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Previous
16 Aug 2024
Jul 2024
3.0%
3.0%
3.0%
18 Jul 2024
Jun 2024
3.0%
3.0%
3.0%
20 Jun 2024
May 2024
3.0%
3.1%
3.0%
20 May 2024
Apr 2024
3.0%
3.0%
3.0%
18 Apr 2024
Mar 2024
3.0%
2.8%
2.9%
18 Mar 2024
Feb 2024
2.9%
2.9%
2.9%
20 Feb 2024
Jan 2024
2.9%
2.9%
2.9%
18 Jan 2024
Dec 2023
2.9%
3.0%
2.9%
19 Dec 2023
Nov 2023
2.9%
2.9%
2.9%
16 Nov 2023
Oct 2023
2.9%
2.9%
2.8%
19 Oct 2023
Sep 2023
2.8%
2.8%
2.8%
19 Sept 2023
Aug 2023
2.8%
2.6%
2.8%
17 Aug 2023
Jul 2023
2.8%
2.8%
2.9%
18 Jul 2023
Jun 2023
2.9%
3.1%
3.0%
19 Jun 2023
May 2023
3.0%
2.8%
3.0%
18 May 2023
Apr 2023
3.0%
2.9%
3.1%
24 Apr 2023
Mar 2023
3.1%
3.3%
3.3%
16 Mar 2023
Feb 2023
3.3%
3.3%
3.4%
16 Feb 2023
Jan 2023
3.4%
3.3%
3.5%
19 Jan 2023
Dec 2022
3.5%
3.5%
3.7%