China vs Hong Kong: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates over time
- China
- Hong Kong
How they compare
Hong Kong currently reports 7.8 National currency per US dollar against 7.19 National currency per US dollar in China, a difference of 0.61 National currency per US dollar.
That makes Hong Kong's figure about 1.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1957 it was Hong Kong ahead.
China ranks 25th and Hong Kong ranks 24th of 53 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, China averaged higher in 1 and Hong Kong in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Hong Kong | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.46 National currency per US dollar | 5.71 National currency per US dollar | 3.25 National currency per US dollar | Hong Kong |
| 1960s | 2.46 National currency per US dollar | 5.79 National currency per US dollar | 3.32 National currency per US dollar | Hong Kong |
| 1970s | 2 National currency per US dollar | 5.2 National currency per US dollar | 3.2 National currency per US dollar | Hong Kong |
| 1980s | 2.7 National currency per US dollar | 7.07 National currency per US dollar | 4.37 National currency per US dollar | Hong Kong |
| 1990s | 7.15 National currency per US dollar | 7.75 National currency per US dollar | 0.5966 National currency per US dollar | Hong Kong |
| 2000s | 7.89 National currency per US dollar | 7.78 National currency per US dollar | 0.1093 National currency per US dollar | China |
| 2010s | 6.5 National currency per US dollar | 7.78 National currency per US dollar | 1.28 National currency per US dollar | Hong Kong |
| 2020s | 6.93 National currency per US dollar | 7.8 National currency per US dollar | 0.8724 National currency per US dollar | Hong Kong |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates, China or Hong Kong?
- Hong Kong, at 7.8 National currency per US dollar against 7.19 National currency per US dollar in China as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates between China and Hong Kong?
- 0.61 National currency per US dollar, with Hong Kong ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Hong Kong?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1957 to 2025.
- How do China and Hong Kong rank globally for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates?
- China ranks 25th and Hong Kong ranks 24th of 53 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates, average. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This table shows annual Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), household final consumption expenditure and actual individual consumption. It also shows exchange rates (annual averages and end of period), sourced from the International Monetary Fund's database on International Financial Statistics. Final consumption expenditure is the expenditure of resident households on consumption goods or services, while individual consumption is the sum of household consumption plus the individual (not collective) consumption of the non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) and General Government sectors. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE4 dataset. For further information on (PPPs) please check the following link: Purchasing Power Parities and more precisely FAQ 2: Purchasing power parities OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org