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Inflation rate in Hong Kong

How fast are prices rising where I live — or where I might?

Hong Kong's inflation rate is 1.44 % — #33 of 126 countries on the atlas (closer to 2 % is better). Period 2025.

1.44%

Checked 21 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB)

At 1.4 % a year, prices double in about 50 years if it holds.

Inflation rate in Hong Kong over time

5.31 %0.81 %-3.69 %2 % target5.31 % · 2011-3.69 % · 20002000: -3.69 %2001: -1.66 %2002: -2.98 %2003: -2.67 %2004: -0.27 %2005: 0.83 %2006: 2.00 %2007: 2.04 %2008: 4.30 %2009: 0.58 %2010: 2.29 %2011: 5.31 %2012: 4.05 %2013: 4.34 %2014: 4.42 %2015: 2.99 %2016: 2.41 %2017: 1.49 %2018: 2.41 %2019: 2.88 %2020: 0.25 %2021: 1.57 %2022: 1.88 %2023: 2.10 %2024: 1.73 %2025: 1.44 %2000201220251.44 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#33 of 126
closer to 2 % is better
Ranked behind
74 %
93 of 126 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.29 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
3.87 pp
peak 5.31 % in 2011
Full series
▲ 5.13 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #11 of 37vs median 3.12 %: −1.68 pp (better)

The doubling clock

At Hong Kong's current 1.44 % — prices double in~48 yrsAt the ~2 % target — prices double in~35 yrs
Exact compounding (ln 2 ÷ ln(1 + rate)), not the rule-of-72 shortcut — and an if-it-holds projection, not a forecast: the clock is reset by every new inflation reading. The target line is the context — most central banks aim near 2 %, where prices double about once a working life.

Among 126 countries

22 of 126 countries between -0.30 % and 1.11 %33 of 126 countries between 1.11 % and 2.52 %30 of 126 countries between 2.52 % and 3.93 %13 of 126 countries between 3.93 % and 5.34 %3 of 126 countries between 5.34 % and 6.75 %3 of 126 countries between 6.75 % and 8.16 %5 of 126 countries between 8.16 % and 9.57 %1 of 126 countries between 10.98 % and 12.39 %2 of 126 countries between 12.39 % and 13.80 %4 of 126 countries between 13.80 % and 15.21 %2 of 126 countries between 19.45 % and 20.86 %1 of 126 countries between 20.86 % and 22.27 %1 of 126 countries between 22.27 % and 23.68 %2 of 126 countries between 27.91 % and 29.32 %4 of 126 countries between 32.14 % and 33.55 %median 3.06 %Hong Kong: ahead of 74 % of the 126 countries with a published inflationHong Kong 1.44 %-0.30 %33.55 %
Half of all 126 countries sit between 1.66 % and 4.65 %. Hong Kong is ahead of 74 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryInflationvs Hong Kong
31 New Zealand2.84 %+1.40 pp
32 Australia2.87 %+1.43 pp
33 Hong Kong1.44 %—
34 Algeria1.42 %−0.02 pp
35 United States2.95 %+1.51 pp

Annual CPI inflation from official statistics (World Bank, Eurostat, SSB). Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for — deflation is not "winning".

How to read this figure

Annual change in the consumer price index — how much more the same basket costs than a year ago. Derived from official index levels (World Bank collection); one number for the whole country, so your personal basket may run hotter or colder. Ranked and coloured by distance from the ~2 % target most central banks aim for: deflation is a warning sign, not a win, so the greenest countries sit NEAR the target — not at the lowest number.

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