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
19 Aug 2019
Jul 2019
2.9%
2.8%
2.8%
18 Jul 2019
Jun 2019
2.8%
2.8%
2.8%
19 Jun 2019
May 2019
2.8%
2.8%
2.8%
20 May 2019
Apr 2019
2.8%
2.8%
2.8%
18 Apr 2019
Mar 2019
2.8%
2.8%
2.8%
19 Mar 2019
Feb 2019
2.8%
—
2.8%
21 Feb 2019
Jan 2019
2.8%
—
2.8%
17 Jan 2019
Dec 2018
2.8%
—
2.8%
18 Dec 2018
Nov 2018
2.8%
—
2.8%
16 Nov 2018
Oct 2018
2.8%
—
2.8%
19 Oct 2018
Sep 2018
2.8%
—
2.8%
18 Sept 2018
Aug 2018
2.8%
—
2.8%
17 Aug 2018
Jul 2018
2.8%
—
2.8%
19 Jul 2018
Jun 2018
2.8%
—
2.8%
19 Jun 2018
May 2018
2.8%
—
2.8%
17 May 2018
Apr 2018
2.8%
—
2.9%
19 Apr 2018
Mar 2018
2.9%
—
2.9%
19 Mar 2018
Feb 2018
2.9%
—
2.9%
22 Feb 2018
Jan 2018
2.9%
—
2.9%
18 Jan 2018
Dec 2017
2.9%
—
3.0%