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
18 Dec 2017
Nov 2017
3.0%
—
3.0%
16 Nov 2017
Oct 2017
3.0%
—
3.1%
19 Oct 2017
Sep 2017
3.1%
—
3.1%
18 Sept 2017
Aug 2017
3.1%
—
3.1%
17 Aug 2017
Jul 2017
3.1%
—
3.1%
18 Jul 2017
Jun 2017
3.1%
—
3.2%
20 Jun 2017
May 2017
3.2%
—
3.2%
19 May 2017
Apr 2017
3.2%
—
3.2%
21 Apr 2017
Mar 2017
3.2%
—
3.3%
16 Mar 2017
Feb 2017
3.3%
—
3.3%
20 Feb 2017
Jan 2017
3.3%
—
3.3%
19 Jan 2017
Dec 2016
3.3%
—
3.3%
19 Dec 2016
Nov 2016
3.3%
—
3.4%
16 Nov 2016
Oct 2016
3.4%
—
3.4%
18 Oct 2016
Sep 2016
3.4%
—
3.4%
19 Sept 2016
Aug 2016
3.4%
—
3.4%
18 Aug 2016
Jul 2016
3.4%
—
3.4%
19 Jul 2016
Jun 2016
3.4%
—
3.4%
16 Jun 2016
May 2016
3.4%
—
3.4%
17 May 2016
Apr 2016
3.4%
—
3.4%