# Hong Kong Retail Sales Growth Rate (year on year)

Hong Kong Retail Sales Growth Rate (year on year) was 3.9% in September 2026, up 1.0 percentage points from August 2026 and down 0.9 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −46.7% (Feb 2020) to 39.3% (Mar 2023), averaging −1.3%.
The next update is expected on 4 December 2026.

- Source agency: Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong SAR
- Makrognosis code: `HK.RETSALES.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (129 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/hong-kong/retail-sales-growth-rate-year-on-year

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 3.9% |
| August 2026 | 2.9% |
| July 2026 | 2.4% |
| June 2026 | 2.3% |
| May 2026 | 4.8% |
| April 2026 | 6.5% |
| March 2026 | 9.8% |
| February 2026 | 17.5% |
| January 2026 | 3.5% |
| December 2025 | 5.1% |
| November 2025 | 4.4% |
| October 2025 | 5.3% |
| September 2025 | 4.8% |
| August 2025 | 3.4% |
| July 2025 | 0.9% |
| June 2025 | −0.3% |
| May 2025 | 1.9% |
| April 2025 | −3.3% |
| March 2025 | −4.7% |
| February 2025 | −15.1% |
| January 2025 | −5.1% |
| December 2024 | −11.3% |
| November 2024 | −8.4% |
| October 2024 | −4.8% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/HK.RETSALES.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/HK.RETSALES.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```