# Hong Kong Unemployment Rate

Hong Kong Unemployment Rate was 4.1% in September 2026, up 0.10 percentage points from August 2026 and unchanged from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since September 2025.
Among the 53 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 18th lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.6% (Jan 2019) to 6.7% (Feb 2021), averaging 3.7%.
The next update is expected on 20 November 2026.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 4.1% |
| August 2026 | 4.0% |
| July 2026 | 3.8% |
| June 2026 | 3.7% |
| May 2026 | 3.7% |
| April 2026 | 3.7% |
| March 2026 | 3.6% |
| February 2026 | 3.5% |
| January 2026 | 3.6% |
| December 2025 | 3.6% |
| November 2025 | 3.8% |
| October 2025 | 3.9% |
| September 2025 | 4.1% |
| August 2025 | 3.9% |
| July 2025 | 3.8% |
| June 2025 | 3.6% |
| May 2025 | 3.6% |
| April 2025 | 3.4% |
| March 2025 | 3.2% |
| February 2025 | 2.9% |
| January 2025 | 2.9% |
| December 2024 | 3.0% |
| November 2024 | 3.1% |
| October 2024 | 3.2% |

## API

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

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