# Hong Kong Unemployment Rate (unadjusted)

Hong Kong Unemployment Rate (unadjusted) was 3.7% in 2025, up 0.7 percentage points from 2024.
That is the highest reading since 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.8% (2018) to 5.8% (2020), averaging 3.7%.

- Source agency: Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong SAR
- Makrognosis code: `HK.UNEMP.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1996-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (30 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/hong-kong/unemployment-rate-unadjusted

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 3.7% |
| 2024 | 3.0% |
| 2023 | 2.9% |
| 2022 | 4.3% |
| 2021 | 5.2% |
| 2020 | 5.8% |
| 2019 | 2.9% |
| 2018 | 2.8% |
| 2017 | 3.1% |
| 2016 | 3.4% |
| 2015 | 3.3% |
| 2014 | 3.3% |
| 2013 | 3.4% |
| 2012 | 3.3% |
| 2011 | 3.4% |
| 2010 | 4.3% |
| 2009 | 5.3% |
| 2008 | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 4.0% |
| 2006 | 4.8% |
| 2005 | 5.6% |
| 2004 | 6.8% |
| 2003 | 7.9% |
| 2002 | 7.3% |

## API

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

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