Hong Kong Average inflation in Hong Kong

Departamento del Censo y Estadistica de Hong Kong · Monthly · Importance 75

IMF forecast (WEO): 2026: 2.1% 2027: 1.8% 2028: 2.1% 2029: 2.2% 2030: 2.4% 2031: 2.5%
1.7% (Jul-26) YOY · % · Mensual · CSV
Period%
Jul 2026 1.7%
Jun 2026 2.0%
May 2026 2.0%
Apr 2026 1.7%
Mar 2026 1.7%
Feb 2026 1.7%
Jan 2026 1.1%
Dec 2025 1.4%
Nov 2025 1.2%
Oct 2025 1.2%
Sep 2025 1.1%
Aug 2025 1.1%
Jul 2025 1.0%
Jun 2025 1.4%
May 2025 1.9%
Apr 2025 2.0%
Mar 2025 1.4%
Feb 2025 1.4%
Jan 2025 2.0%
Dec 2024 1.4%
Nov 2024 1.4%
Oct 2024 1.4%
Sep 2024 2.2%
Aug 2024 2.5%
Jul 2024 2.5%
Jun 2024 1.5%
May 2024 1.2%
Apr 2024 1.1%
Mar 2024 2.0%
Feb 2024 2.1%
Jan 2024 1.7%
Dec 2023 2.4%
Nov 2023 2.6%
Oct 2023 2.7%
Sep 2023 2.0%
Aug 2023 1.8%
Jul 2023 1.8%
Jun 2023 1.9%
May 2023 2.0%
Apr 2023 2.1%
Mar 2023 1.7%
Feb 2023 1.7%
Jan 2023 2.4%
Dec 2022 2.0%
Nov 2022 1.8%
Oct 2022 1.8%
Sep 2022 4.4%
Aug 2022 1.9%
Jul 2022 1.9%
Jun 2022 1.8%
May 2022 1.2%
Apr 2022 1.3%
Mar 2022 1.7%
Feb 2022 1.6%
Jan 2022 1.2%
Dec 2021 2.4%
Nov 2021 1.8%
Oct 2021 1.7%
Sep 2021 1.4%
Aug 2021 1.6%

About this indicator

SourceCensus and Statistics Department Hong Kong
FrequencyMonthly
Release Publicación anual, referida al conjunto del ejercicio y sujeta a revisión.
What it isMeasures the change in prices of a representative basket of goods and services bought by Hong Kong households. Published by the Census and Statistics Department, it is the territory's main inflation gauge (the Composite Consumer Price Index).
How it's calculatedIt is built from prices collected regularly across a wide sample of outlets, aggregated with household spending weights on a base year (index 100). It is typically followed as an annual (YoY) rate of change.
Market implicationsHong Kong pegs its dollar to the US dollar through a currency board, so it has no independent monetary policy and inflation does not move local rates on its own. Even so, it is a key read on the cost of living and consumer momentum in a highly open economy.
LimitationsThe headline figure can be distorted by one-off government relief measures (rent or utility subsidies), so it is worth watching the underlying inflation that nets out those effects.