
Gross debt in Hong Kong
The government gross debt refers to the total of all sums of money that have to be paid to other countries, communities or institutions. Not included in the gross debt are the demands of a country to foreign ones.The gross debt in Hong Kong in the period from 2001 to 2020 was between 5.8 billion and 28.8 billion USD. The highest level of the last years at 29 billion US Dollar was reached in 2020.
Based on the number of inhabitants, this is a debt of 3,855 USD per person. For comparison, the average debt per person in the same year in the European Union was 30,783 USD.
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Gross debt of the last 19 years in billion USD
Year | Hong Kong total | Hong Kong per capita | EU per capita |
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2001 | 6.03 bn USD | 898 USD | 11,255 USD |
2002 | 5.77 bn USD | 856 USD | 12,258 USD |
2003 | 6.04 bn USD | 897 USD | 15,286 USD |
2004 | 9.37 bn USD | 1,382 USD | 17,595 USD |
2005 | 9.00 bn USD | 1,321 USD | 18,327 USD |
2006 | 8.88 bn USD | 1,295 USD | 18,877 USD |
2007 | 8.84 bn USD | 1,279 USD | 20,898 USD |
2008 | 8.60 bn USD | 1,237 USD | 24,086 USD |
2009 | 10.45 bn USD | 1,499 USD | 25,361 USD |
2010 | 12.61 bn USD | 1,796 USD | 26,496 USD |
2011 | 15.16 bn USD | 2,144 USD | 29,231 USD |
2012 | 17.79 bn USD | 2,488 USD | 28,174 USD |
2013 | 21.14 bn USD | 2,945 USD | 29,981 USD |
2014 | 21.79 bn USD | 3,015 USD | 30,648 USD |
2015 | 22.50 bn USD | 3,085 USD | 25,918 USD |
2016 | 24.09 bn USD | 3,284 USD | 26,261 USD |
2017 | 23.85 bn USD | 3,226 USD | 27,024 USD |
2018 | 23.86 bn USD | 3,202 USD | 28,448 USD |
2019 | 22.39 bn USD | 2,982 USD | 27,168 USD |
2020 | 28.84 bn USD | 3,855 USD | 30,783 USD |