Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing in Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing was 6.07 National currency per US dollar in 2021. ▬ Flat

Latest (2021)
6.07 National currency per US dollar
Change on year
down 2.3%
World rank
21st
of 51 countries
All-time high
6.24 National currency per US dollar
in 2018
All-time low
6.07 National currency per US dollar
in 2021
Years of data
5
2017–2021

Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing in Hong Kong, 2017–2021

02462017201920212017: 6.1 National currency per US dollar2018: 6.2 National currency per US dollar2019: 6.2 National currency per US dollar2020: 6.2 National currency per US dollar2021: 6.1 National currency per US dollar

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in National currency per US dollar.

Analysis

Hong Kong recorded 6.07 National currency per US dollar for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 1.2% over five years.

That places Hong Kong 21st out of 51 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.

Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing in Hong Kong, year by year

Annual values for Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing Power Parities for actual individual consumption in Hong Kong, 2017 to 2021.
Year National currency per US dollar Change
2017 6.15 National currency per US dollar
2018 6.24 National currency per US dollar +1.6%
2019 6.2 National currency per US dollar -0.7%
2020 6.22 National currency per US dollar +0.3%
2021 6.07 National currency per US dollar -2.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 6.2 National currency per US dollar 6.15 National currency per US dollar 6.24 National currency per US dollar 3
2020s 6.15 National currency per US dollar 6.07 National currency per US dollar 6.22 National currency per US dollar 2

Countries ranked near Hong Kong

  1. 18 Mexico 9.71 National currency per US dollar compare
  2. 19 Sweden 8.77 National currency per US dollar compare
  3. 20 Denmark 6.46 National currency per US dollar compare
  4. 22 Zambia 5.66 National currency per US dollar compare
  5. 23 China 3.9 National currency per US dollar compare
  6. 24 Morocco 3.82 National currency per US dollar compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in Hong Kong?
Annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing in Hong Kong was 6.07 National currency per US dollar in 2021, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing recorded in Hong Kong?
The highest recorded value was 6.24 National currency per US dollar in 2018.
What is the lowest annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing recorded in Hong Kong?
The lowest recorded value was 6.07 National currency per US dollar in 2021.
How does Hong Kong rank for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — purchasing?
Hong Kong ranks 21st out of 51 countries with data for 2021.
Where does this Hong Kong data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing Power Parities for actual individual consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Purchasing Power Parities for actual individual consumption
Unit
National currency per US dollar
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
67 places, 2,283 data points, 1970–2025
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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