Hong Kong Government Revenue and Spending Over Time (1981–2026)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Government Revenue (% of GDP)

Global rank: 151 / 189

Data table

1981	19.9%	1993	17.3%	2005	17.2%	2016	22.6%
1982	16.3%	1994	16.4%	2006	18.8%	2017	22.9%
1983	14.4%	1995	15.8%	2007	21.3%	2018	20.7%
1984	14.2%	1996	16.4%	2008	18.9%	2019	20.4%
1985	15.5%	1997	20.5%	2009	18.8%	2020	20.7%
1986	14.5%	1998	16.7%	2010	20.7%	2021	23.7%
1987	14.8%	1999	17.8%	2011	22.4%	2022	21.7%
1988	15%	2000	16.9%	2012	21.4%	2023	18.1%
1989	15%	2001	13.4%	2013	21%	2024	17.4%
1990	14.5%	2002	13.7%	2014	20.8%	2025	18.5%
1991	15.9%	2003	16.4%	2015	18.6%	2026	17.7%
1992	16.2%	2004	17.9%

Government Revenue (Local currency - HKD)

Data table

1981	35.85B	1993	166.6B	2005	247B	2016	573.1B
1982	32.27B	1994	175B	2006	288B	2017	619.8B
1983	32.81B	1995	180B	2007	358.5B	2018	599.8B
1984	38.51B	1996	208.4B	2008	316.6B	2019	590.9B
1985	43.7B	1997	281.2B	2009	318.4B	2020	564.2B
1986	48.6B	1998	216.1B	2010	376.5B	2021	693.6B
1987	60.88B	1999	233B	2011	437.7B	2022	622.1B
1988	72.66B	2000	225.1B	2012	442.2B	2023	549.4B
1989	82.43B	2001	175.6B	2013	455.3B	2024	564.9B
1990	89.52B	2002	177.5B	2014	478.7B	2025	627.3B
1991	114.7B	2003	207.3B	2015	450B	2026	633.9B
1992	135.3B	2004	238.2B

Government Spending (% of GDP)

Global rank: 132 / 189

Data table

1981	17.1%	1993	15.3%	2005	16.2%	2016	18.3%
1982	16.7%	1994	15.4%	2006	14.8%	2017	17.4%
1983	15.5%	1995	16.1%	2007	13.9%	2018	18.4%
1984	13.3%	1996	14.4%	2008	18.6%	2019	21%
1985	14.5%	1997	14.1%	2009	17.3%	2020	29.9%
1986	12.7%	1998	18.5%	2010	16.6%	2021	23.7%
1987	11.8%	1999	17.1%	2011	18.6%	2022	28.3%
1988	11.7%	2000	17.5%	2012	18.3%	2023	23.7%
1989	13%	2001	18.2%	2013	20%	2024	23.2%
1990	13.8%	2002	18.5%	2014	17.3%	2025	23.2%
1991	12.8%	2003	19.6%	2015	18%	2026	22.9%
1992	13.5%	2004	18.2%

Government Spending (Local currency - HKD)

Data table

1981	30.81B	1993	147.4B	2005	233.1B	2016	462.1B
1982	33.06B	1994	164.2B	2006	226.9B	2017	470.9B
1983	35.35B	1995	183.2B	2007	234.8B	2018	531.8B
1984	36.09B	1996	182.7B	2008	312.4B	2019	607.8B
1985	40.85B	1997	194.4B	2009	292.5B	2020	816.1B
1986	42.7B	1998	239.4B	2010	301.4B	2021	693.3B
1987	48.38B	1999	223B	2011	364B	2022	810.5B
1988	56.59B	2000	232.9B	2012	377.3B	2023	721.3B
1989	71.37B	2001	238.9B	2013	433.5B	2024	753.2B
1990	85.56B	2002	239.2B	2014	396.2B	2025	789.2B
1991	92.19B	2003	247.5B	2015	435.6B	2026	818.4B
1992	113.3B	2004	242.2B