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
Actual
3.7%
Forecast
3.6%
Previous
3.7%
Next release
Actual
Coming in 30 days
Forecast
3.6%
Previous
3.7%
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Previous
May 2021
6.0%
6.2%
6.4%
Apr 2021
6.4%
6.3%
6.8%
Mar 2021
6.8%
7.2%
7.2%
Feb 2021
7.2%
7.5%
7.0%
Jan 2021
7.0%
7.0%
6.6%
Dec 2020
6.6%
6.7%
6.3%
Nov 2020
6.3%
6.1%
6.4%
Oct 2020
6.4%
6.7%
6.4%
Sep 2020
6.4%
6.4%
6.1%
Aug 2020
6.1%
6.3%
6.1%
Jul 2020
6.1%
6.0%
6.2%
Jun 2020
6.2%
6.1%
5.9%
May 2020
5.9%
6.2%
5.2%
Apr 2020
5.2%
4.4%
4.2%
Mar 2020
4.2%
3.8%
3.7%
Feb 2020
3.7%
3.5%
3.4%
Jan 2020
3.4%
3.3%
3.3%
Dec 2019
3.3%
3.2%
3.2%
Nov 2019
3.2%
3.1%
3.1%
Oct 2019
3.1%
2.9%
2.9%