Hong Kong’s current account surplus broadened to HKD 78.5 billion in the first quarter of 2022, from HKD 60.7 billion in the same period of the previous year and accounted for 11.6% of GDP. The goods surplus increased to HKD 14.3 billion in the first quarter of 2022, from HKD 6.3 billion in the same quarter of 2021; and the services surplus rose to HKD 43.8 billion from HKD 37.8 billion. The primary income inflow and outflow amounted to HKD 358.2 billion and HKD 334.9 billion respectively, thus yielding a net inflow of HKD 23.2 billion in the first quarter of 2022, compared with a net inflow of HKD 21.5 billion in the same quarter of 2021. At the same time, the secondary income inflow and outflow amounted to HKD 5.2 billion and HKD 8 billion, yielding a net outflow of HKD 2.8 billion, lower than a net outflow of HKD 5 billion a year ago. source: Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong
Current Account in Hong Kong averaged 32456.53 HKD Million from 1999 until 2021, reaching an all time high of 98766 HKD Million in the third quarter of 2020 and a record low of -29059 HKD Million in the second quarter of 2014. This page provides the latest reported value for - Hong Kong Current Account - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Hong Kong Current Account - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on August of 2022.
Current Account in Hong Kong is expected to be 30000.00 HKD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Hong Kong Current Account is projected to trend around 30000.00 HKD Million in 2023, according to our econometric models.